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Cleaning Turn Signal Contacts #936920 03/22/09 11:37 PM
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 59
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Crops Offline OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Read earlier that someone was experiencing buzzing from their turn signal. I had this same issue and I always thought the issue had to do with some short in the spaghetti bundle of wires that some hack did on my truck before I got it. As was pointed out in the thread, it was more likely dirty contacts within the switch itself - apparently an easy fix. So I tackled it.

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Once you pop the cover housing off the steering wheel, it's a simple two screw and slide out removal!

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You can see how dirty the contacts inside my switch were. I used a small cotton swatch to clean them (with some contact cleaner - or alcohol.)

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Happy to report that the buzzing is gone gone gone!


89 Raider V6
95 SR Montero
Re: Cleaning Turn Signal Contacts [Re: Crops] #936921 03/23/09 12:28 AM
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 524
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Bernoulli Offline
Rock Warrior
Thank you! It hasn't happened to me yet, but it's really nice to see a simple fix to a common problem.


89 3L V6 5spd SWB, Aisin Manual Hubs, 2 (suspension) seater Raider in Wheeler, OR
Re: Cleaning Turn Signal Contacts [Re: Bernoulli] #936922 03/25/09 12:37 AM
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 59
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Crops Offline OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
One thing to accept when you do this is that it doesn't address every instance of failure. These switches do not have an infinite duty cycle - sometimes they just fail and you need a new one.


89 Raider V6
95 SR Montero







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