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Old 11-05-2012, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by foolio View Post
I know from replacing the steering box on my 126 that the shaft orientation is very important. You need to make sure that the shaft stays locked relatively in the center position while you detach the steering box. I did this using a bungee cord. If you fail to do this, the turn signal cancellation will not work correctly. For example, if you let the wheel spin 360° while the box was detached it will throw off the cancellation mechanism.
I think this would probably be the case if the signals were blinking but not cancelling out at the proper times as you mention. But for me the cancel actually still works, its just that the signals will not blink. To me its as if a fuse were blown. Like there was no power, but the mechanical parts are still working...however the fuse is fine, and they seem to work sometimes but not others...

Can this have anything to do with something with the steering column?
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