Indicator switch

[Glen]

hello,

My problem is no indicators, i pulled the assembly apart and found the switch to be very grimey. i cleaned it and put it back together to find i now have RH but the LH. LH only works if i exert pressuse to negative connection on the switch board. All the connection points seems to line up but for some reason theres no action. Using a screw driver on the back of the exposed side and the indicators work fine. Im at a loss so im looking for another switch if possible or another idea of how i should be going about this. Ths all belongs to a 77 aswell.

 

cheers

glen

[Glen]

problem solved

[matt drago]

Hey Glen,

 

To help others that may have this problem in the future, how about you let us in on the actual solution.

 

Cheers,

 

Matt

[Glen]

No worries, will do tomorrow with photos

[Glen]

As the picture shows the stalk is in LH indicator mode, I opened up the screws to see what was happening. I noticed after a little playing that when it moved into this position it would flex the negative points away from each other. Only by a fraction. This is the result of the LH positive points being oversized and thus forcing negative points apart. It's hard to see in the picture but there is a large gap there.

My first solution was to bend the board a little, i broke it but some 406 put it back together.

 

 

So what i did was carefully file away on the LH copper point untill it stopped moving the 2 negative points away from each other. After 10 to 12 goes i finally got it just right. Before i did any fileing i would press on the negative points and use my force as a indicator to see how much further i had to go. As i filed more less force was required. Also the white wire isnt my dogdey work lol