Does your turn signal housing rotate on the column?

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Mine does and its a PIA. I've tried shaving the halves down in order to get a tighter fit but it still rotates when I engage the turn signal switch. Are there any tips that you all have?

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Lind · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:29 pm Post subject:

do you have the little silver half round piece that goes in there? I usually wedge a small piece of metal in between the silver thingie and the column and that causes it to bind when you tighten it down.

Friedpotatoes · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject:

most comenly i have seen/used electrical tape or duct tape
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volksaddict · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2003 Posts: 1724

1 of mine has duct tape. another has a bullet dent on the clamp side (the red single, Lind). 2 others have pieces of cardboard wedged in there to shim it up.
None of them slip or rotate Very Happy

Sergeant D · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:57 am Post subject:

Man I was all set to say take the two halves and sand a bit off of each!

That fixed mine and I was able to take the vintage 1968 piece of cardboard out and auction it on eBay!

Sorry it didn't work for you. Did you take enough metal off? Screws tight and not stripped?

Want to bid on my old piece of cardboard?

Good Luck...
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type2guy · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 12:10 pm Post subject:

One of the best things to have lying around is an old bicycle innertube. I always have them around for different uses. This is a good example.

Cut a section to wrap around the column where the switch mounts. Tighten the switch on there good and it won't move anymore. Cheap and easy.

If you don't have any old tubes, go to bicylcle shop and ask for a few they've replaced. They've always got 'em in the trash can for free.

swervyjoe · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 4:46 pm Post subject:

vwjosh6070 · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:31 pm Post subject:

i have e-tape on mine. it doesnt move, and its cammo!!! Laughing

i will try the cardboard when the tape gets crappy.
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rizzag · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject:

ok everyone here is the tip of all tips for this. the tape/cardboard works ok for a little while till the switch rubs through them. if you want a good repair that will last, take a soda/beer car and cut a strip out of it, wrap it around and put a little piece of tape to hold it, put your switch back on and bam.... no more movement and it will never wear back down. some may need two strips.
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swervyjoe · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject:

Bugman Jeff · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:23 pm Post subject:

And here I thought I was the only one with this probled. Thanks for making me feel like part of the group gang Very Happy

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Kaput · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:

I shimmed mine with alluminum can. dosent move but dosent cancel right. Cancels the turn randomly.

Hijack: are those cancel tabs supposed to be straight out? Mine are a bit crooked and dont cancel right, especially with a right hand turn. if I bend it straight will it work better?? whats the best way to fix it without breaking the switch?

AndrewM · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject:

Every single bus i've owned has had that problem. I once used a radiator hose clamp up snug against the bottom of the signal housing to fix the problem. It looked like shit but it worked. Would a little dab of locktite work on something like this?

BryanM · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject:

a dab of liquid nails
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rustybus · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:05 am Post subject:

If you look close at the place where the silver half circle thing fits into the housing you will usually see that it has worn the edges of the housing where it sits. I have put a very small piece of wire over the worn spot on both sides before putting the silver half circle in and it works like new. The problem with tape here in the heat is it gets sticky and squishy and acts like lubricate for the switch to turn. Using the method above makes sure you have maximum metal to metal surface area, similar to when the switch was new.
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debunked · Samba Member Joined: June 15, 2004 Posts: 119

a small strip of aluminum foil folded a few times has fixed mine and it hasn't moved since.

Ian · Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject:

I have electrical tape on mine. Doesn't work well. Going to try to aluminum can idea. Thanks Rizzag!
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Split Decision · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:26 am Post subject:

Mine has been driving me nuts, too. I'm gonna give the inner tube a try.
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elaine · Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject:

I also thought I was the only one who had this problem!! A good fix akin to the inner tube thing is one of those big rubberbands that you get off asparagus in the grocery store. No adhesive, no cutting of beer can. I can't say it'll last a lifetime but what the heck, I like asparagus anyway.
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