Hi,

The self cancelling mechanism on my indicators has failed. It probably works
1/25 times and quite often clicks the indicators off while going round a
roundabout (as if it has somehow misaligned and thinking that when the wheel
is at 180 degrees its time to click-off)

I've had a look in the Haynes manual (which is pretty crappy!) and it
doesn't mention anything about this. I know a lot of people with different
cars that this has happened to so its obviously a common problem with cars!

How would I go about accessing the mechanism and whats likely to be the
problem?

Thanks!

....its a '96 disco

(oops forgot to say!!)


"Richard Wilkinson" <bounce@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:453facf6$0$2434$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> Hi,
>
> The self cancelling mechanism on my indicators has failed. It probably
> works 1/25 times and quite often clicks the indicators off while going
> round a roundabout (as if it has somehow misaligned and thinking that when
> the wheel is at 180 degrees its time to click-off)
>
> I've had a look in the Haynes manual (which is pretty crappy!) and it
> doesn't mention anything about this. I know a lot of people with
> different cars that this has happened to so its obviously a common problem
> with cars!
>
> How would I go about accessing the mechanism and whats likely to be the
> problem?
>
> Thanks!
>

Richard Wilkinson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The self cancelling mechanism on my indicators has failed. It probably works
> 1/25 times and quite often clicks the indicators off while going round a
> roundabout (as if it has somehow misaligned and thinking that when the wheel
> is at 180 degrees its time to click-off)
>
> I've had a look in the Haynes manual (which is pretty crappy!) and it
> doesn't mention anything about this. I know a lot of people with different
> cars that this has happened to so its obviously a common problem with cars!
>
> How would I go about accessing the mechanism and whats likely to be the
> problem?
>
> Thanks!

Can't comment on this particular model but the striker on the column
is frequently a press fit and can lose it's alignment.

Take off the shrouding around the top of the column and have a look.

"Dougal" wrote
> Richard Wilkinson wrote:
>
>> The self cancelling mechanism on my indicators has failed. It probably
>> works 1/25 times and quite often clicks the indicators off while going
>> round a roundabout (as if it has somehow misaligned and thinking that
>> when the wheel is at 180 degrees its time to click-off)
>>
>> I've had a look in the Haynes manual (which is pretty crappy!) and it
>> doesn't mention anything about this. I know a lot of people with
>> different cars that this has happened to so its obviously a common
>> problem with cars!
>>
>> How would I go about accessing the mechanism and whats likely to be the
>> problem?
>>
>
> Can't comment on this particular model but the striker on the column is
> frequently a press fit and can lose it's alignment.
>
> Take off the shrouding around the top of the column and have a look.

Sometimes the "stop" is on a bolted on collar so can easily slip round the
steering column. Also it may be the little plastic lugs on the switch that
are damaged in which case it's a new switch.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK