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sgreenham



Member Since: 27 Apr 2019
Location: Southampton
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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
Self cancelling indicators don't work
My indicators don't self cancel so I took the steering wheel apart to try and fix the issue. Does anybody know what I need to get to fix the problem?...

This is the back of the steering wheel...



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And this is where it mounts to the car...



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Thanks for your help
Post #772100 8th May 2019 1:18pm
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tookaphotoof



Member Since: 18 Mar 2013
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Netherlands 2013 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black
You're missing the pins. Guess your steering wheel is from one of the last Defenders.

edit: no need for a new steering wheel. You could drill to small holes in the rear and smash some hollow pins in it.
The should be able to operate the blue ring. Can make a photo of the correct location tonight if you need it.
Post #772104 8th May 2019 1:54pm
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donmacn



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Two things I'd add:

1) in your second pic, on the blue plastic ring around the steering column, you can make out an arrow moulded into the plastic. It's at the 12 o'clock position in your pic. It needs to be at the 9pm position - pointing towards the indicator stalk - when you fit/refit the wheel.

2) so, as tookaphotoof says, you need pins in your steering boss at (as it's fitted) the 12 o'clock and six o'clock poistions.

I was having issues with this when I fitted an optimill boss. Don't really know why. It's got 'rolled' pins, so I just bent them a little to help them engage in the cancelling ring, but I'm not 100% sure it was needed.

Anyway - my thought at the time was simply to tap a thread into the holes in the boss; cut the head of a long-ish bolt, and thread that into the boss.

If you can't retrofit proper LR pins to that wheel, then maybe tapping a thread in would be a work-around?? Donald

1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong
(The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html )
2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8

in the past..
RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi
1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box
1993 Discovery 300Tdi

not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper...
Post #772107 8th May 2019 2:09pm
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williamthedog



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2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 PU Tamar Blue
Roll pins are the things you're after. Thumbs Up
Post #772120 8th May 2019 3:40pm
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blackwolf



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United Kingdom 2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey
I believe that this is what you're missing.
Post #772150 8th May 2019 5:49pm
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kaney



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United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Epsom Green
Yes the blue plastic thing at 9 oclock I got that tip off Mike
Post #772158 8th May 2019 6:30pm
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
As above you have a 2015MY wheel and a pre 2015MY indicator stalk setup. You need to add cancelling pins, the NRC7636 part won't fit the 2015MY wheel directly.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
Post #772161 8th May 2019 6:41pm
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sgreenham



Member Since: 27 Apr 2019
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United Kingdom 2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Galway Green
tookaphotoof wrote:
You're missing the pins. Guess your steering wheel is from one of the last Defenders.

edit: no need for a new steering wheel. You could drill to small holes in the rear and smash some hollow pins in it.
The should be able to operate the blue ring. Can make a photo of the correct location tonight if you need it.


That would be great when you get chance, no rush at all, thank you
Post #772218 9th May 2019 7:21am
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