Turn signal switch repairable?, Signal cancel broken Options

[tmc914]

Yes, this is the same pic used for my dash lamps post but if you look at the turn signal at the steering wheel section the spring part seems to be missing. Also the nubs the spring would hook onto are broken off. I ordered a new switch from AA but it does not look as beefy as existing turn signals. Is it worth getting an old assembly with all working parts and clean up or is there a better new one than the $65.00 one I bought.

[lierofox]

If you've got a buddy with a shop and can toss a few bucks or beers their way, or access to a shop yourself, you could try going down the route I went with. Mine ended up breaking as well a few months ago, trying to hold the turn signal on while going around a corner that liked to auto-cancel, there was a snap as I turned the wheel and then the auto cancel stopped working.

I ended up pulling into the shop, tearing the steering column apart, and saw this:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-18880-1575859821.1.jpg)


Since I have access to a milling machine and some spare aluminum, I decided to just remake the parts myself, I measured out the profile and milled out an "extrusion" of sorts:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-18880-1575859821.2.jpg)

After that I took it over to the bandsaw, chopped off a blank, and fine tuned the shape complete with the hook and slid it back into the assembly:
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-18880-1575859822.3.jpg)