I've got a 96 Tracker and went through the problems of getting the gauge cluster out and yes I was able to do it without removing the steering wheel. I have done this twice,....once to lubricate. The lubricating worked for about a week and then slowly but shurly the noice came back. I lubricated the cable where it fits into the cluster and then pulled the cable off of the tranny and lubricated there too. I  used lithium grease in a pressured can and blew it through until I could see it coming out of where it fits into the tranny - nasty job because the clearance between the cable and the insulated sleve that it goes through would blow grease back at me. Can be done though. The second time I bought a new cable and it's been working great for the past 3 years. Strongly suggest changing the cable, It kind of pissed me off when I had to go back through pulling the cluster after about a week!

Keep Wheel'n!

can you change mine?   


naw... but how much did it run you?

Way too many cold one's since I changed it out. I cant remember!

I had a mechanic buddy of mine get it with his shop discount (cause I'm so tight you could pull a cigarette paper between the checks of my rear and both hips would fly out of joint). With that said, it seems like it was $30 or $40 bucks.

Way too many cold one's since I changed it out. I cant remember!

I had a mechanic buddy of mine get it with his shop discount (cause I'm so tight you could pull a cigarette paper between the checks of my rear and both hips would fly out of joint). With that said, it seems like it was $30 or $40 bucks.

do you remember how to access the cluster

after the two screws on the top portion the bottom always hangs on something

(and with a flashlight i can see it still attached to a part of the console)

It never occured to me not to pull the steering wheel off mine when I modded the clocks. It makes it much easier to get at stuff. I'm guessing that you have an airbag fitted? Otherwise I think that your 96 will be the same as my 2000. I'm sure that there are 4 screws holding the cluster in place. I have pics somewhere I'll try and remember to post them.

This is my cluster, you can see the lugs for the 4 retaining screws. The bottom lugs also have holes for locating studs.



I found that I needed to disconnect the cable from the tcase first and then pull it through the bulkhead a few inches so that I could get my hand around the speedo cable.

thanks for the pic

i do have the 96 w airbags

i just dont want to break that first plastic piece (in front of the cluster)

I hope to get the pictures this weekend for you.  Didn't have time to tear into it last weekend.

The way I got the space needed to pull the cluster out without pulling the steering wheel was by removing the plastic shroud from around the ignition.  With that off and the hazard lights button on you can slip the cluster out in between the dash and the steering wheel.

by removing the plastic shroud from around the ignition. 

yup, thats the one

With the screws pulled from underneath I think it just popped off...  I'll try to tear it apart tonight.  I need to fix a squeak in my broken speedometer.

With the screws pulled from underneath I think it just popped off...  I'll try to tear it apart tonight.  I need to fix a squeak in my broken speedometer.

Thats pretty much it. There are 4 screws underneathand the two halfs are clipped together.

Rockauto.com has the speedometer cable for $12 plus shipping.