76 Cutlass Turn Signal Switch ect

[Devon76]

Some time ago the little white plastic piece inside the steering colum at the end of my turn signal lever cracked. It would just make it a pain to get the right blinker to stay on (usually i would just hold it up so it would blink). Just last night when i would go to turn a corner the horn would honk a couple short times as i made the corner or turned the wheel. I disconnected the wire at the horn and i can hear it click when i steer inguaging the horn and I would also get a little shock if i was touching the turn signal lever. So I pulled the steering wheel off and turned the horn mechanism so it wouldnt arc on the steering wheel (im not to mechanically inclined) the clicking for the horn is still there but at least i have now stoped getting shocks. Im not sure how to go about taking the colum off and checking things out or where i would even go to replace the switch. Im not sure what to do??? Can anyone help ASAP???

[Oldsguy]

I hope you can get it fixed. I have always hated taking off the steering wheel and getting into the column, Hate that turn signal switch. I feel for ya....

[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by Devon76

Some time ago the little white plastic piece inside the steering colum at the end of my turn signal lever cracked. It would just make it a pain to get the right blinker to stay on (usually i would just hold it up so it would blink). Just last night when i would go to turn a corner the horn would honk a couple short times as i made the corner or turned the wheel. I disconnected the wire at the horn and i can hear it click when i steer inguaging the horn and I would also get a little shock if i was touching the turn signal lever. So I pulled the steering wheel off and turned the horn mechanism so it wouldnt arc on the steering wheel (im not to mechanically inclined) the clicking for the horn is still there but at least i have now stoped getting shocks. Im not sure how to go about taking the colum off and checking things out or where i would even go to replace the switch. Im not sure what to do??? Can anyone help ASAP???

There are a number of plastic pieces in the steering column, the turn signal switch and the horn contact ring. Replacement requires a couple of specialized tools - a steering wheel puller and a lock plate spring compressor. In addition, if you really need to replace the turn signal switch, the wire harness attached to it runs all the way down the steering column. You'll need to locate the connector at the lower end and disconnect it so you can pull it up and out from the top end. If you've never done anything like this before, you'll want to look at this web page:

http://buickperformance.com/tiltstee...lumnwobble.htm

The operation they describe actually requires more disassembly than you need, but the pictures will help you understand the process.