Sunday, July 2, 2017

Head Scratcher - Turn Signals

The turn signals would not cancel, ie they would continue to blink after you had completed a turn.  Little internet research showed there's a bump on the steering column that is supposed to line up with the turn signal switch that flips the switch off after a corner.  The position of the bump should be at 3:00 as viewed from the driver's seat, instead it was at 12:00.  After some thought, turns out this also explains why Ray had such a large difference in exposed threads on the two ends of the steering rack when he installed the new steering rack boots.  I positioned the column with the bump at 3:00, then adjusted steering rack arms until the wheels were going straight in this position.  Used alignment gauge to fine tune to 1/8 inch toe in and then re-positioned steering wheel on column to be straight up when car is going straight.  Now turn signals cancel.  Botched alignment job drove lack of turn signal cancelling - who would have thought!

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