[T3] turn signal assembly broke. HELP!

[Jim Adney]

On 25 May 2011 at 16:26, Adriel Rowley wrote:

> > From: jadney at vwtype3.org

> > On 24 May 2011 at 21:33, Adriel Rowley wrote:
> >
> > > Ken, I had one of Adney's rebuilds come apart, and have yet to here
> > > back whether he is going to fix it.  The issue with rebuilding is the
> > > unit's halves must be seperated and then has to have the four screws
> > > hold it together.  Great idea, but not sure it is a perfect solution
> > > because the ball can slip out and into the housing; trying to figure
> > > out a better one.  For the price, better off getting one somewhere
> > > else.  I used to have several, so sorry could not be more help.  I
> > > will keep a better lookout now I know there is a need; used to get
> > > them fairly often but stopped due to priority. ;)
> >
> > Adriel,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Yes, and that is why before I cut the cable I used a Baggie tie to hold 
> it together, but in the salt air it failed; think it be much better 
> with stainless jeweler's wire.

It should not have required anything other than the 4 screws to hold 
it together. The cable tie was just there to hold it together until 
you could tighten the screws, which then hold the whole sandwich 
together. Did something break and allow the ball to get loose?  

> > I'm embarrased when one of my repairs fails, but I can't be
> > responsible for fixing problems that weren't my fault. If you believe
> > that there was a problem with the repair that I did and would like to
> > send it back, I'll be happy to take a look at it. But my impression
> > is that it worked fine for you for several years. It's unfair for you
> > to expect me to put it back together again for free just because you
> > didn't heed my written instructions.
> >
> I am sorry you feel embarrassed, but I thought a couple weeks was enough 
> time for a response: should I have waited longer and if so, how long?

I think the problem was that you never complained after I fixed it 
and then years later you mentioned that you were hoping for a 
warrantee repair.

> It has not worked right from about the beginning, but did not know the
> high beam did not require pulling hard to activate.  With the
> replacement, I realized it only took a light finger touch to activate
> unlike the rebuilt switch.  Also, consider it has gone at most a
> thousand miles since then (been having nothing but trouble)

Yes, only 1000 miles should be insignificant. I suspect that you're 
right about the problem being that you had to pull back hard to get 
the hi/lo relay to switch. That excess force probably broke 
something, and the cause was probably some dirt or corrosion on the 
little brass spring contacts for the hi/lo relay. I've never seen any 
problems with those, so I probably didn't check them out. They played 
no part in the reason you sent it to me in the first place.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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