My signals now cancel after a turn

Somewhere on here I read something about the turn signals being non-canceling (or maybe I dreamed it).  Anyway, I never worried too much about it and just flipped them off manually.

But recently they would sometimes cancel.  Wait, what is the deal here?

So, today I took the cover off and looked inside.  What I found was a cam on the shaft, shown in light green as C.  There is a "pawl" on the turn signal lever shown as B.  This pawl is suppose to drop down and catch on C so that it will turn the signal off as you recover from a turn.

But, it did not.  The end of pawl C had worn down just enough that it would not catch.

OK - buy a new turn signal assembly?  I think not!

Rather I removed the turn signal assembly by taking out screws E (one not shown on the other side) and disconnecting green plug D.  This allowed me to take the entire assembly off.

I then clamped the thing in a vice and filed the thickness of A on the inside of both tabs so that it was about 1/16" thinner (it is really thick).  This brought the worn pawl back into contact with the cam.

My turn signals now cancel after a turn and it did NOT cost me a dime.

If you are working with a similar situation on your Volvo, it might be worth a look.

I do not know if the switch module is the only difference between cancelling and non-cancelling (something else on the steering column shaft?)

Since I prefer non-cancelling, that is what I had replaced

Great to hear from you!!
In The Faith
roadfitter
KEN

Mark & Dale Bruss, on Oct 20 2010, 06:19 PM, said:
NI recently broke the shaft to my turn signal switch. Doing Google searches for a replacement, I found that there were two replacement switch modules, one for non-cancelling and one for cancelling

That explains my initial impression about non-canceling being expected.

My assumption is the difference would be the nylon cam ring on the steering shaft (item C).  To add or replace that piece would require pulling the wheel and/or shaft from the universal.  Otherwise, my guess if either module would interchange.

Now, you have my curiosity up - why do you prefer non-canceling?  I'm tickled to get mine working - it is one less switch and maneuver to carry out coming out of a turn.  Am I missing something here?? (serious question - not a razz)
Randy

With non-cancelling, the signal stays on until I am done with the turn. Like I used to do on my '51 Chevy, I am used to turning off the signal as I turn the wheel