wsevila

I am replacing my turn signal cancelling switch and the Turn signal switch spring on my '62 Corvette and wanted to see if there was any literature on proper installation of these as well as rememdies for the well known problem with the switch not centering properly causing one of the tail lights not to light. I have the service manual and the assembly manual but there isn't anything specific on the turn signal. The service manual refers to the '61 full size car for the turn signal.
Thanks in advance - Ward

Frankie the Fink

Here ya go:

wsevila

Hey Frankie - appreciate the quick response. But for some reason I am unable to open your files - my adoble reader does not recognize your files.

Frankie the Fink

They open for me and I've uploaded dozens of PDFs to the forum with no complaints...thinking it may be your computer. Do you get an error ? If so what ?

Redbird

Ward, go to www.rarecorvettes.com and open the tech article on signal switch repair. It was written by Joe Calcagno and is very good, along with the rest of the articles.

John F

Frankie the Fink

That's the second PDF I attached above...be interesting to see if it opens for him on the original web site. Here is another article with more info on turn signals than you ever wanted to know:

http://www.socalsacc.com/C1%20Signal%20Lights.htm

Plasticman

All of the pdf files shown above opened for me, but I use Foxit Reader (free pdf reader that is much faster than Adobe, and no constant bandage updates upon updates).

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

Plasticman

wsevila

Hey guys thanks for all your help. For whatever reason the pdfs opened today. I haven't read thru the info yet but does it say anything about the problem I mentioned - i.e., turn signal lever having to be adjusted to center it when tail lights don't light on one side or the other?
Again, really appreciate the help.
Ward

Plasticman

As I have written in a thread previously:

Since I repaired my switch a few years ago, it has been trouble free. At that time, I found that the flat lever spring (vertical flat spring that centers the turn signal lever) needed to be a tad stiffer. But actually, just shimming that spring to the left did the trick, which then exerts more force on the lever. This spring ensures that the turn signal lever is normally centered. If your lever does not return exactly to center (with no "play"), you will end up with one brake light "out" often. The previous "fix" was to wobble the turn signal lever up/down slightly..........get's old after a while.

Plasticman

Frankie the Fink

You can shim the flat spring as Plasticman does and/or put small brass 'bushings' on the cancellation posts as one of the article suggests.
One reason for the non-centering is that if you are using repro stuff its just not as good as the original item.

wsevila

Once again, thanks for all your help. I did read thru the article and saw the piece about using brass tubes as well as Plastic Mans comment about shims. Really appreciate it guys.