[FC] Turn signal adjustment

[BBRT]

Thanks, good to know.

Chuck S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben and Lynn Stiles" <lbstiles at verizon.net>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:59 PM
Subject: [FC] Turn signal adjustment


> Just passing this along...
>
> I have been having lots of trouble with my turn signals going whacky
> every once in a while. I would have left...but the turn signal lever
> would go down and bounce right back to center. At the same time I would
> not have right.
>
> I realized that the famous dish that holds the mechanism beneath the
> steering wheel on the column was loose. I tightened it like crazy with
> that single set screw, but it would not stop moving. The shifting side
> to side and up and down threw the cables out of alignment and more 
> trouble.
>
> So tonight I took the whole thing apart to see what I needed to do. I
> noticed the cam arrangement and the set screw I had been tightening
> without any luck and thought about how to make it tighten. I settled on
> a small flat piece of brass the same width and depth of the cam. Placing
> that small brass plate between the wedge of the cam and the cam channel
> it acted like a shim. I was able to tighten the dish on perfectly well
> and then I put everything back together.
>
> All works as it should now. I am betting since this shim idea was so
> simple it has been done before, but in case it hasn't, and in case it
> helps someone fix those pesky turn signals, I thought I would let you
> all know.
>
> Thanks!  Ben
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