turn signal switch binding?

[papy]

finally got around to installing my new turn signal switch that i bought from TBP last fall. The install was flawless however when i screwed in the turn signal handle i couldn't get the turn signal handle to go up or down - did not want to move. I backed out the handle and was able to to so. There is a sweet spot that i can get them to work but the handle is super loose (kind of just dangling) on the female threaded portion of the turn signal switch. I put my flash light on it and screwed it in and i can see when the handle is properly threaded down the plastic body/cam pushes forward ever so slightly causing the bind.

am i missing something here? perhaps a small piece of the internals that i didn't see when i took it apart that maybe fell down the tube? anyone else experience this - perhaps its a manufacturing issue?

JP

 

[Oldtimer]

I had the same issue when I replaced the switch.
You need to trim the end of arm, so it does not protrude thru switch.

New switch.................................................................Old switch

 

[joeray]

I wonder if this is causing some of my similar problems. Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check this.

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