Steering Wheel Clock Spring

[ArizonaKevin]

My dad replaced the clock spring on his 2008 Tundra to fix his cruise control but now his blinkers are not automatically turning off like they are supposed to.

Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this?

 

[ka0tyk]

Was there a part on the old clock spring that you transferred over to the new one like this? Double check all the harnesses are plugged in?

 

[lbhsbz]

Was there a part on the old clock spring that you transferred over to the new one like this? Double check all the harnesses are plugged in?

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I'll look the service information in the morning and get back with you

 

[FreeBird236]

Oh the good old days, for 27 years I turned the signals off in my 65 chevy truck.
one of those things that I should have fixed but never did.

 

[SBMech]

Needs to have the Zero Point Calibration run, needs a techstream or good aftermarket tool to perform. Tells the steering angle sensor (integrated in the clock spring assembly) where "0" or straight ahead is.

 

[ArizonaKevin]

so my dad took it apart again this morning and found that he didn't have the tabs on the clock spring locked in all the way. After making sure the clock spring was fully seated everything worked as it should.

Is he missing something @SBMech ?

 

[lbhsbz]

so my dad took it apart again this morning and found that he didn't have the tabs on the clock spring locked in all the way. After making sure the clock spring was fully seated everything worked as it should.

Is he missing something @SBMech ?

If it lost zero point calibration, you'd have a TRAC and VSC light on. If no lights are on, I'd run with it.

 

[SBMech]

so my dad took it apart again this morning and found that he didn't have the tabs on the clock spring locked in all the way. After making sure the clock spring was fully seated everything worked as it should.

Is he missing something @SBMech ?

It's something that SHOULD be done to make sure everything is right, but if it all works, and no warning lights...ehh...most likely ok. The Zero point should be run after every alignment or steering component change with the subsequent alignment. It just indexes the wheel being straight to the steering angle sensor, but it has a few degrees of variance/tolerance built into the specs.