Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Kleiner View Post
Rick,
I think you may not be understanding how the turn signal mechanism is designed. The plastic piece with the hole for the lever screw is keyed to the metal cylinder. This cylinder is captured in the switch's housing and is supposed to rotate when the lever and the piece it attaches to is moved for a left or right signal. The screw that attaches the lever is supposed to go through the plastic and thread into the metal cylinder. By pinning that cylinder it is now immovable and the the plastic that is intended to be keyed in position on it will now be pivoting on that lever retaining retaining screw rather than the cylinder. If the plastic piece is turning while the cylinder is immovable it indicates that the tabs that key it to the cylinder have been broken. I'm afraid that this won't last long term... Can you remove the pin and lock the plastic to the cylinder as intended?

Jeff
Thanks for the input! I could. I just tried it again and it seems to be working and the screw is not coming loose. I could leave the pin in only to tighten and loosen the screw and then remove it once the screw is tight.

If it’s supposed to rotate how would the screw ever tighten, unless it only rotates a few degrees?