Anybody got better instructions on replacing the turn signal lever in a 85 C20 Silverado? The Shop manual leaves a little to be desired in the detail dept. Can't find the screw to remove that allows the TS lever to be removed. Thanks.
On '84 up trucks, the turn signal lever pulls right out, no screws. It goes into the wiper switch, and where the '73-'83 turn lever screwed in place on the turn signal switch itself, there is a bracket that goes back to the wiper switch. So if all you're after is the TS lever, you dont even have to remove the steering wheel (I found that out the hard way too ;-) )
Thanks, tried that this weekend. I had already diassembled the Wiper switch assembly, but couldn't find any screw or whatever that would let me pull out the TS lever. And it won't just pull out. Found out how the leadwire plugs in, though, and pulled that part way out to allow some movement with the TS lever. Didn't want to get too physical with it. Could there be a snap ring or something? To get at this thing, it looks like I need to remove the upper column housing. Didn't want to do that...
I dont know how the cruise control wire comes off as my truck doesn't have it, but other than that there are no snaprings or anything holding the lever on. Inside of the arm is a metal rod, thats what holds pops into the wiper switch. Try grabbing it as close to the column as you can and rotating it around a little and pull progressively harder. If you can go to a junkyard or something and try pulling one off there it can give you an idea of how much force it takes to get it out, any mid '80s GM vehicle should have one. Hope this helps
