Self cancelling turn signal assembly

[mustafakidd]

Hey all

My turn signal on my 66 wasn't working, so I got a replacement (German) and installed it. Works great now but it doesn't self cancel - is the canceling ring something that I can replace or does the entire assembly need to get swapped out? Couldn't tell if it was supposed to be within the assembly housing or something that the housing slides over.

Thanks

-m

[glutamodo]

you should be able to trigger the self cancel yourself with a screwdriver before you install the steering wheel.

The cancel ring on the steering wheel almost never goes bad.

Now, you do need to have the switch mounted in such a way that the two mesh, the switch on the column tube and the steering wheel should result in in only a small gap between the two:

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Andy T.

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[MrGoodtunes]

My 1965 has a signal canceller that attaches to the steering wheel hub. It has a tab that trips the cancelling mechanism.

[glutamodo]

Yeah, that is pretty much on every VW made 1960 to 1970 steering wheel, and while I did link to an image showing it above, it's so common to see I didn't think putting the image in directly was necessary.

However, that begs the question: is this a VW steering wheel or non-stock? Non stock steering wheels may have a couple of dowel pins for this function, or they might not even be there at all.
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Andy T.

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[MrGoodtunes]

[glutamodo]

[mustafakidd]

Thanks to you both. It's not a stock steering wheel - I'll pull it again tomorrow and see if it has a canceling ring on it or not.

[glutamodo]

One of my images above showed what might be construed as a non-stock steering wheel, but it's actually a VW accessory steering wheel from way back. So the horn and self-cancel bits conform to VW specifications.

But non-stock steering wheels are a whole another can of worms.
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Andy T.

"What is Glutamodo, Horror of Toyko, besides total, fiendish, quality-a-you brain!"

[mustafakidd]

Thanks again for the assistance - I took the steering wheel off (it's a repro, similar to this one https://www.jbugs.com/product/113-WHEEL-BLACK.html...gKd2vD_BwE ) and realized it did not have the canceling ring installed!

Thanks again

[glutamodo]

Cool, you figured it out. I guess I should have stuck the image of the cancel ring in directly! And if it's equivalent to stock, I assume that the mounting holes for the cancel ring are present.
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Andy T.

"What is Glutamodo, Horror of Toyko, besides total, fiendish, quality-a-you brain!"

[mustafakidd]

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