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hello,

i just recieved my new turn signal mechanism from lmc. i am wondering if anyone can tell me how the heck it goes together. there is the main piece, which is easy enough. but then there is this little arced spring that i am not sure what to do with, there are two little brass loops that must connect to it somehow. i know that it attatches to the mechanism somehow, but how? my old one was completely broken when i removed the whell, so no help there. a diagram, picture, or description would be most helpful. also i am not sure how the cancelling cam goes back on there as that there was not one in there when i opened it up. please help, my sanity hangs by a thread. thanks in advance, the green hornet thanks you as well.

Hi,

I only noticed your post now. I just got a turn signal switch from the wrecker the other day. It came out of a GMC truck and my guess is that it was from the early 60s (only the chassis and the cab were still there). Anyway, if you're still struggling I can take a picture of what I have, if you think that will help.

Johannes

johannes - thanks for the reply, does your mechanism by chance have the "cancelling cam" in it, i ordered one but i cannot figure out how to put it on. i got everything else put back together and it all works, but it would be cool if the cancelling cam worked. thanks for the reply.

Fort Knox,

Sorry, no cancelling cam, nor did I pay any attention to what it looks like and where it goes. I'm using the switch for a 52 GMC which originally had no turn signals. I don't like those clamp-on retrofit switches, and I figured that this one would be relatively easy to install on my steering column. I will not have auto-cancelling though.

Johannes

there should be a couple of threaded holes on the back of the steering wheel that the cancelling cam attaches with.Not sure what thread pitch or size,probably 10-24 or something like that.Good luck!
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