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...and probably going overboard with it!
My turn signal switch had a lot of slop in it; forwards/backwards and when using it up and down. Since I was taking the dash, steering wheel and other stuff out, I took it out and had a good look at it. Someone did a quick and nasty repair on it:
No wonder it was sloppy. So, my usual going above and beyond a basic fix, I machined a new shaft part for it that would accommodate some small bearings:
The shaft presses into the stationary part (with a bit of loctite). The bearings are 8mm OD, 5mm ID. Both the bores of the stationary part and the turn signal switch arm only needed a slight bit of opening up to fit these parts. There was enough thickness in the arm to install 3 bearings.
Shaft and bearings in place. I machined a small spacer to take up the remaining play in the assembly:
All back together and working very smoothly turning on bearings. Should outlast me now.
Rick
My turn signal switch had a lot of slop in it; forwards/backwards and when using it up and down. Since I was taking the dash, steering wheel and other stuff out, I took it out and had a good look at it. Someone did a quick and nasty repair on it:
No wonder it was sloppy. So, my usual going above and beyond a basic fix, I machined a new shaft part for it that would accommodate some small bearings:
The shaft presses into the stationary part (with a bit of loctite). The bearings are 8mm OD, 5mm ID. Both the bores of the stationary part and the turn signal switch arm only needed a slight bit of opening up to fit these parts. There was enough thickness in the arm to install 3 bearings.
Shaft and bearings in place. I machined a small spacer to take up the remaining play in the assembly:
All back together and working very smoothly turning on bearings. Should outlast me now.
Rick