RE: turn signal mechanism

["IDLEMAN, CHRIS x330" <BREEZE/BPOST/CIDLEMAN%Breeze-Eastern@domain.elided>]

On 15 Mar 1999, "Evreniadis, Abe" wrote:

> Fellow Alfisti's, I am wondering whether anyone has had problems with
the
> turn signal mechanism.  I have a 74 spider and my turn signal mechanism
> seems to be acting up.  When you signal to go right - the turn arm
doesn't
> want to stay in position and returns back to its center position.  The
left
> turn signal -- arm moves downward seems to be in better shape in that
the
> arm rests down but doesn't want to stay when going right.  ...

If I recall correctly, the turn signal mechanism uses a long spring
wrapped
around the steering shaft to cancel the signal after a turn.  If the
spring is
binding on the column, then one side stretches when the turn signal lever

is moved and the spring can pull it back to its original position.  You
might
want to check if there is sufficient lubrication between the spring and
the
steering shaft -- too much lubrication can prevent the signal from
cancel-
ling and too little can create the situation you describe (or can cause
the
signal to activate by itself when turning sharply!).

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