[T3] turn signal assembly broke. HELP!

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/25/2011 10:06:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:

I doubt  that it's fair to claim that it "came apart." When I sent it 
back to you I  warned you that you would need to install it and then 
cut the cable tie  that I shipped it with to hold it together. After 
that, if you tried to  remove it again it would likely spring apart.

I believe that's what you  did, and that's what it did.   

If this was a minor thing I  wouldn't complain, but I've done this job 
several times, I've made some  fixtures to help me do it, and it still 
takes me several hours to get one  back together successfully. It's 
not a simple  job.




Jim helped me when I put mine back together. He suggested tieing it in  a 
couple of places, as sometimes you need 3 or 4 hands, but don't have the room 
 for them (you're working in a space about 2 inches long by 1/2 inch  
wide). I had spent over 3 hours just trying to get it back together,  and had 
used a second unit for parts, as mine was missing some (the donor had a  broken 
arm). This is not an easy job, as it takes patience, holding your tongue  
just right, a couple of bread ties (I used them instead of a zip tie, as they 
 are thinner without the paper), and a quiet place with no interruptions. 
Mine  works like it's supposed to, and I haven't taken it back out since, as 
I know  it'll probably explode into a bunch of little parts all over the 
place. :O 
These things are ment to be left alone, once installed. If you take it back 
 out, and it came apart, then you need to find ALL of the little parts 
(including  the ball bearing), so it can be reassembled. Getting that ball 
bearing  back in place is probably the hardest part of the job, as it likes to 
keep  jumping out.
 
Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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