it wasn't out of whack... I figured out if you have your car running and in park with the old needles on the cluster still, you'll be able to remove them and place the new needles exactly where the old needles were. I did that by looking where the tach needle was sitting while the car idled, pulled off the old needle, then put the new one in its place, the speedo needle would sit just above the that little peg or at zero while the car idled,.... took the old off and replaced with new.. I did the same for the fuel and temp.... The reason I shaved some of the speedo needle off is because it would get stuck at the top of the cluster around 50 mph or so IIRC. Also be careful not to push the needles down too hard or they'll get stuck that way too and won't move correctly.