Re: Turn Signals Not Cancelling

Posted by Packard 1948 On 2015/6/25 0:11:50

Howard says>There should be a concave ring around the shaft that goes down inside the bearing to form the inner race for the balls. On top of that is a split ring which fits into a notch in the shaft and then the spring goes over both to push and keep the concave plate down in the bearing.

OK...so at least Howard confirms I am not gone Packard Crazy over these last couple of months. Yes...it appears...my dad's car is indeed missing this concave ring and the split ring thingy...

Does anyone have these two parts?

Howard also says>The distance on the steering box is not a fixed amount. The depth around the neck does depend on where the wheel lies on the splines etc. Did your car have a bent wire like anti-vibration spring that fits between between a groove on the top of gearshift tube and the switch area?

Then Bill says (after a couple of wines this evening)> Hmmm...no bent wire-anti-vibration-spring-thingy...sounds (reads) like I need some parts.

All I have is the spring shown in the previous picture (attached here again) and with the parts I currently have...the steering wheel simply slides down on top of the spring...then...on top of the steering wheel will slide on the horn connector (washer looking thing that connects to the long wire that slides through the hole in the inner tube) and another spring that will be smashed between the metal horn upper washer.

With respect to the depth of the neck of the steering wheel on the shaft...I understand that it does it not rely on it's position with relation to the splines (left or right on the splines)...however...the depth of the steering wheel on the inner shaft will depend on the relation of the outer shaft to the steering gear case...IF...the outer tube is placed right up against the steering gear case (as mine is in the attached diagram) then the inner shaft will be longer (with respect to the outer tube) and therefore when the steering wheel is bolted onto the inner shaft and torqued down to the point where it bottoms out on the inner shaft splines and it can not be pressed on any more then there could be a gap between the steering wheel and the steering column shroud...however...since this unit is missing parts (inner concave ring and split ring) then Howard has accurately identified the problem..

Does anyone have an exploded view/diagram of this contraption???

THANKS All (especially Howard and Dell) for your assistance on helping me fix "Grandads Car"!!!

Bill

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