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stevesey

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:31 am

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Location: Bristol

We have the usual floppy indicator problem (cancels too easily and goes from right to left when canceling after a corner).

Reading this: www.406oc.co.uk/viewto...f=3&t=7635

Electrically all is fine so I'm tempted to take the com2000 out and have a look at the mechanicals. So couple of questions:

a) Has anyone tried this?
b) Anyone have a dead com2000 I could have a look at first? (Will pay P&P of course - or pick up from Bristol/Swindon).

Results will of course be shared.

Cheers

Steve

Lee

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:36 am

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Just strip it apart, it not hard and its straight forward. Only need a flat bladed screw driver

stevesey

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:49 am

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Thanks Lee - do you know if streching/padding the spring or similar can fix it. Given how expenive they are I'm suprised has investigated further and produced a how to (here or elsewhere). Or are people just frightened of the amount of disassembly (of airbags/electronics) in order to get to the mechanical bits to fix it.

MrBSI

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 11:51 am

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Id much rather just put a new replacement com on with a warranty, there cheap enough if you look in the right places The original com units where poorly made, no wonder PSA Peugeot / Citroen found a different supplier

stevesey

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:22 pm

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Obviously I'm not looking the in the right places can't see much below £100.

Lee

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 12:45 pm

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stevesey wrote:

Thanks Lee - do you know if streching/padding the spring or similar can fix it. Given how expenive they are I'm suprised has investigated further and produced a how to (here or elsewhere). Or are people just frightened of the amount of disassembly (of airbags/electronics) in order to get to the mechanical bits to fix it.

Just clean it all up, check the contacts, freshen up the grease. Thing springs in pens are the same or similar.

stevesey

Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:21 pm

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Will do - my daughter is away the week of the 22nd May - planning to do then. Will report back.

dumdum0910

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:16 pm

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Location: letchworth

keep us posted on this fella and do a strip down pic as im needing to do mine aswell


	if it dont scuff the ruff it aint low enuf

stevesey

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:02 pm

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Location: Bristol

Removed and stripped down according to the instructions on the 406 site. Any grease on the indicator mechanism had gone waxy, so freshened up with some silicon grease. Removed spring and padded out with a small piece of rubber dropped in the end of the recess. Indicators seem much more positive and seem to cancel properly - will put back in car tomorrow and see how it goes.

stevesey

Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:43 am

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Location: Bristol

Re-fitted and....

no change really Sad

. Despite feeling more solid - it will still go right to left when cancelling.

Think I have made a slight difference though as when combined with the foam fix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBBeRvig-tw) it does seem better than it was before (only time will tell). Almost perfect even - certainly liveable with.

I modified the foam fix slightly my just cutting a slot and pushing the foam over the stalk. This seems to work damping the stalk movement, but not adding any tension when in the left/right position as the stalk can move in the slit.

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