Turn Signal Lever Problem!!!!!
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Racer
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Turn Signal Lever Problem!!!!!
My 1978 turn signal lever by the steering wheel came lose. I dont know if it is broken inside the steering column or if something just came loose. How do you take the steering wheel off to get to this?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Le Mans Master
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From: Saginaw Michigan
The turn signal levers for the 1977 through 1982 Corvette steering columns were a plug-in design. You just need to pull them straight out of the dimmer pivot.
If your lever is broken off so that there is a broken stub that remains in the dimmer pivot and you find that it is too short to get hold of, you can drill the stub and run a short self tapping screw into it. Grip the screw and pull straight out.
Another method to get the broken piece out of the column is to make a simple tool to poke the stub out of the pivot from the back side. Here is a link to the instructions:
http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/TurnLe...oval21AU05.doc
Good luck,
Jim
If your lever is broken off so that there is a broken stub that remains in the dimmer pivot and you find that it is too short to get hold of, you can drill the stub and run a short self tapping screw into it. Grip the screw and pull straight out.
Another method to get the broken piece out of the column is to make a simple tool to poke the stub out of the pivot from the back side. Here is a link to the instructions:
http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/TurnLe...oval21AU05.doc
Good luck,
Jim
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Racer
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Originally Posted by Jim Shea
The turn signal levers for the 1977 through 1982 Corvette steering columns were a plug-in design. You just need to pull them straight out of the dimmer pivot.
If your lever is broken off so that there is a broken stub that remains in the dimmer pivot and you find that it is too short to get hold of, you can drill the stub and run a short self tapping screw into it. Grip the screw and pull straight out.
Another method to get the broken piece out of the column is to make a simple tool to poke the stub out of the pivot from the back side. Here is a link to the instructions:
http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/TurnLe...oval21AU05.doc
Good luck,
Jim
If your lever is broken off so that there is a broken stub that remains in the dimmer pivot and you find that it is too short to get hold of, you can drill the stub and run a short self tapping screw into it. Grip the screw and pull straight out.
Another method to get the broken piece out of the column is to make a simple tool to poke the stub out of the pivot from the back side. Here is a link to the instructions:
http://www.corvettefaq.com/c3/TurnLe...oval21AU05.doc
Good luck,
Jim
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St. Jude Donor '07
I've had the socket which retains the handle wear out. It was one of the few jobs I didn't do myself, as an inspection shop found and fixed the problem - so I don't know what they did. The handle hasn't been changed.
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ltlevil,
If you have a steering column with a bulge on the left side of the steering column head for the headlight dimmer, then the turn signal lever plugs into the dimmer pivot. All C3 Corvettes from 1977 through 1982 had dimmer pivots. If it is a T&T column, there will also be a another lever. It will screw into a metal bracket that can be seen inside a hole in the column head. It will be below the turn signal lever.
The original 1976 T&T steering column had a round head steering column. There was not a dimmer bulge on the left side. That steering column had a turn signal lever that screwed into a post that you could see through a port on the left side of the column head. Below the turn signal lever, the tilt lever screwed into a metal bracket that can be seen inside a port below the turn signal lever.
Jim
If you have a steering column with a bulge on the left side of the steering column head for the headlight dimmer, then the turn signal lever plugs into the dimmer pivot. All C3 Corvettes from 1977 through 1982 had dimmer pivots. If it is a T&T column, there will also be a another lever. It will screw into a metal bracket that can be seen inside a hole in the column head. It will be below the turn signal lever.
The original 1976 T&T steering column had a round head steering column. There was not a dimmer bulge on the left side. That steering column had a turn signal lever that screwed into a post that you could see through a port on the left side of the column head. Below the turn signal lever, the tilt lever screwed into a metal bracket that can be seen inside a port below the turn signal lever.
Jim
