In a prior message you said you had a 2001, which is the new style instrument cluster.
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=14592&st=20&start=20
On the old style cluster we could remove the needles and put them back on, with no problem. There is a problem with the new style 996/986 cluster. I have not had the time to figure it out - yet.