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Oops... self-canceling ring mistake

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Old 12-30-2008, 06:25 PM
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Default Oops... self-canceling ring mistake

Just replaced my turn signal stalk following the excellent write-up in the forums, except... the self-canceling ring moved from its original position while I was trying to adjust the steering wheel alignment, now the MFSW controls are dead. Is there any fix other than replacing the self canceling ring?
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Default There is a little window on the self-canceling ring...

...which I think shows a yellow circle when properly centered. The little indicator window is in the upper right corner of the housing (just under the red arrow on the mid-right of the picture below)

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/hliu55/turn_signal_stalk/steering_column_12.jpg">
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the question is which direction to turn and how many turns!
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Default try moving the ring/center one turn one way and see if the yellow window shows...

if not, move it one turn back and then an additional turn back....if the yellow doesn't show you can turn it back to (your) zero and try a turn and a half, etc.
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Default Re: Oops... self-canceling ring mistake

Thanks for the suggestions. Got knocked on my butt by a virus over New Years, so I haven't had a chance to try these fixes. I'll pull it back apart this weekend.
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