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So, yesterday I got in my car, prepared to start it and noticed that the turn signal lever on the control head was skewed to the left. I have not worked on the steering box at all and have not messed with the steering wheel. I also don't recall knocking or striking the lever/control head to force it to the new position. I have a Moto-Lita wheel installed with the adjustable wheel on a BT7.
I understand that the fix is to loosen the nut on the end of the stator tube, grip the tube and then slightly rotate it to get the signal lever back into proper orientation. I assumed that the nut must have loosened slightly over time permitting the rotation of the control head; However, when I checked the nut and tube at the steering box, the nut was very tight as was the tube. How does the control head rotate if the nut is tight?
Before I loosen the nut and rotate the tube to fix this I wonder if anyone can help me understand what might have caused the head to rotate in the first place? As I understand things the grub (set) screws effect the inward/outward movement of the head, not the rotation. I would like to try to understand this before adjusting anything.
I should mention that everything electrical works properly as does the self-cancelling feature.
I am stumped. Any ideas? Thank you!
Lin
I understand that the fix is to loosen the nut on the end of the stator tube, grip the tube and then slightly rotate it to get the signal lever back into proper orientation. I assumed that the nut must have loosened slightly over time permitting the rotation of the control head; However, when I checked the nut and tube at the steering box, the nut was very tight as was the tube. How does the control head rotate if the nut is tight?
Before I loosen the nut and rotate the tube to fix this I wonder if anyone can help me understand what might have caused the head to rotate in the first place? As I understand things the grub (set) screws effect the inward/outward movement of the head, not the rotation. I would like to try to understand this before adjusting anything.
I should mention that everything electrical works properly as does the self-cancelling feature.
I am stumped. Any ideas? Thank you!
Lin