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Trafficator question [adjustable steering]

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Problem after changing to a new wheel.

I followed the great instructions and pictures in this thread and changed my wheel. I used the instructions that detached the wires at the trafficator, instead of pulling through the stator tube. I thought all went well, but now, my directional signal will only work if I push and hold the directional lever all the way to the right or left. If I release the lever, the lever moves a fraction of an inch towards the center and the indicator light stop blinking. The lever will cancel & move all the way to center as it should when the wheel is turned back after the turn.

Is there something about the reassembly that I missed? or needs readjusting?

Johnski
 
John, bad timing with a week to go 'till SD. I assume you are not up in Tahoe now or you'd have been by. Is your stator tube lined up properly? Do you have the little tabs in the right direction (check against pictures) and do you have the cancel bar that hits those tabs at the bottom (its on the silver disc). Call me. Or we can look at in down there.
 
Pull the trafficator out until it disengages from the stator. Slide back in making sure it lines up with the slots. Trick: push the stator up from the bottom so you can see where the slots are. You may have to loosen the olive and rotate the stator to get the slots in a position that lets the trafficator point up. If the olive nut is loose, the trafficator will rotate.

Watch the grub screws on the trafficator. Sometimes people replace them with ordinary allen screws instead of the original pointed ones. Those drag and get hung up causing the traffictator to rotate.

The switch not staying in the turn position due to wear where the paw goes over the plastic like hump in the switch mount. Only solution is to get a replacement mount.
 
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