Indicator canceler

[malc4d]

Should this be at 9 or 3 o'clock ? 3 doesn't seem o cancel most of the time.

Thanks

[Lingen]

There is a pawl on the steering column which you can see if you remove the steering wheel. It is made from strip steel and is a very tight push fit onto the column. It has a small pimple on it where it grips the column, that locates with a dimple in the column so it will only fit in one position.
With the steering in the straight ahead position, the tip of the pawl should be halfway between the two cancelling arms of the indicator switch, ie at three o'clock.. If it isn't, the only way this can be corrected is by disconnecting the upper column from the steering rack in the engine bay, and turning the column till the pawl is pointing the right way. A bit of a fiddly job, I'm afraid.

Mike.

[malc4d]

Thanks. its at 3 now but doesn't always cancel. I always thought it could be fitted either direction. Thought 9 would work better...

[Jeff]

Mine doesn't cancel so I bought a very annoying buzzer to remind me that it doesn't self cancel............it really works!

[greystag]

sorry to but in ,you don't need to disconnect anything but the pawl itself it fits at 9 and 3, good luck

[ukbiggles]

There is a pawl on the steering column which you can see if you remove the steering wheel. It is made from strip steel and is a very tight push fit onto the column. It has a small pimple on it where it grips the column, that locates with a dimple in the column so it will only fit in one position.
With the steering in the straight ahead position, the tip of the pawl should be halfway between the two cancelling arms of the indicator switch, ie at three o'clock.. If it isn't, the only way this can be corrected is by disconnecting the upper column from the steering rack in the engine bay, and turning the column till the pawl is pointing the right way. A bit of a fiddly job, I'm afraid.

Mike.

Isn't it easier to move the steering column so that the pawl is at 3 o'clock, refit the steering wheel so that it is centred too, then adjust the tracking so that everything is centred correctly. Tracking doesn't cost much at your local garage and is much, much easier than taking the column out and refitting it. Ask me how I know! Even though I was careful to try and get the column lined up correctly when re-fitting (after a column repair), i didn't quite get it right. It was a pain of a job, so I went for tracking adjustment afterwards

Cheers

Gord