How to get the turn signal switch out! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

67chevemall · 03-23-2005, 03:57 PM

How does one take apart the coloum to get the turn signal lever off
and a new switch?? The turn lever has Crusie on it, and I want to put
on one with out cruise?

beaterC10 · 03-23-2005, 04:07 PM

You need to remove the wheel and lock plate to get down to the signal lever. On the older columns there is a screw that holds the lever in place on the turn signal switch. I forget exactly how the newer columns retain the lever, but I know you have to also pull the wheel and lock plate.

87_Blazer · 03-24-2005, 07:40 PM

i attempted this the other day trying to switch mine as well. Mine has cruise as well; but no screw to hold the lever in.(1987) I can just pull my lever and it will pop out; but the wire for the c/c is still connected. I got the wheel and the lockplate off and took out the 4 screws that hold the cancelling cam in and I pulled the cam out very carefully because there are lotsa wires connected to that bad boy. Well thats as far as I got before I got frustrated and quit and threw her back together. Maybe I will try again tomorrow since I have the day off!!

Slonaker · 03-25-2005, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 87_Blazer

i attempted this the other day trying to switch mine as well. Mine has cruise as well; but no screw to hold the lever in.(1987) I can just pull my lever and it will pop out; but the wire for the c/c is still connected. I got the wheel and the lockplate off and took out the 4 screws that hold the cancelling cam in and I pulled the cam out very carefully because there are lotsa wires connected to that bad boy. Well thats as far as I got before I got frustrated and quit and threw her back together. Maybe I will try again tomorrow since I have the day off!!

On the '87, do what you did before. After you pull the cam loose, look about 3/4 of the way down the column. There is a black wire with, I believe, a flat orange connector about 1/4 inch wide. If you pop that connector loose, you can thread the black wire up through the column. Tie a piece of string to it to it before you pull it through if you need to fish another wire back in. Tie the string to the new wire, and use it to fish the new wire back down the column.

It isn't as hard as it sounds...

Slonaker

03-23-2005, 03:57 PM	#1
67chevemall Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NB Posts: 3,367	How to get the turn signal switch out! How does one take apart the coloum to get the turn signal lever off and a new switch?? The turn lever has Crusie on it, and I want to put on one with out cruise? __________________ 1968 Chevy C10 307 3ott fleetside 1967 Chevy C/10 V8, 3spd, fleetside lwb.Sold 1967 Chev C/10 step, 383, M21. SOLD

03-24-2005, 07:40 PM	#3
87_Blazer Getcha' Pull!!! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Posts: 215	i attempted this the other day trying to switch mine as well. Mine has cruise as well; but no screw to hold the lever in.(1987) I can just pull my lever and it will pop out; but the wire for the c/c is still connected. I got the wheel and the lockplate off and took out the 4 screws that hold the cancelling cam in and I pulled the cam out very carefully because there are lotsa wires connected to that bad boy. Well thats as far as I got before I got frustrated and quit and threw her back together. Maybe I will try again tomorrow since I have the day off!! __________________ Rest In Peace Dime

03-23-2005, 04:07 PM	#2
beaterC10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,277	You need to remove the wheel and lock plate to get down to the signal lever. On the older columns there is a screw that holds the lever in place on the turn signal switch. I forget exactly how the newer columns retain the lever, but I know you have to also pull the wheel and lock plate.



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