Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Help 308 turn signal repair?

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

There is a woodruff key on the shaft to always locate the hub.

 

There is nothing stopping you from putting the steering wheel upside down on the hub though. That’s up to you to get it right! If you can’t, you shouldn’t be working on your car...

 

Jokes aside, there were TWO slots on the shaft. One keys the hub, the other keys the signal switch.

 

Peter

 

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From: Doug Anderson
Sent: October 3, 2022 10:14 PM
To: Peter Rychel; DOUG
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Help 308 turn signal repair?

 

Interesting – do you need to scribe re-assembly mark to prevent a cock-eyed steering wheel or is it keyed?

Doug

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Peter Rychel
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 10:08 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Help 308 turn signal repair?

 

- Remove the six screws holding the steering wheel to the hub.

- Remove the horn button.

- The tricky part is removing the wheel hub. It’s held on with a nylock ring nut. You’ll need to get a special ring nut socket to remove. It helps to use an impact wrench because it was assembled by gorillas.

- With a hub puller, you draw the hub off of the tapered steering column shaft.

- The steering column switch assembly is held on to the column with a couple of screws.

 

I don’t show the process, but you can see what my Mondial’s looks like disassembled in my video here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuLtpvKq8wA

 

Peter

 

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From: misc
Sent: October 3, 2022 9:57 PM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Help 308 turn signal repair?

 

You nailed it Peter! The hazard lights work fine

 

How much of a job is it to pull the column switch assembly out?

 

Thanks!

Mark

 

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-------- Original message --------

From: Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>

Date: 10/3/22 10:42 PM (GMT-07:00)

To: misc <misc [at] 308systems.com>

Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>

Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Help 308 turn signal repair?

 

Do your hazard lights work? If they do, then it could be the steering column stalk switch that is not functioning. This is a common problem. They coated the contacts inside with grease so that it can move easily, but after 40 years, the grease dries up, preventing contact. Just a matter of cleaning it up and it should work again (this would mean removing the steering wheel and hub and then removing the column switch assembly). I did this to both my 308 and Mondial.

 

Peter

 

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From: misc
Sent: October 3, 2022 9:13 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: [Ferrari] Help 308 turn signal repair?

 

Do you guys have any insight into why my turn signals don't work? I replaced the flasher relay and they still don't work.... The fuse is good....

 

I get nothing when I fire it up and move the turn signal stalk up and down.

 

Thanks!

Mark

 

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