Help, I need to replace the turn signal lever on my wonderful Barth, the inside plastic parts snap and crackle when I move it, and of course it does not work. Little ones pulled on it too hard, so, broken.
My question is, I can probably get the cover of the steering wheel off, but then what do I do? Where do I buy a new inner workings for the turn signal? How do I tell anyone what I need? Is there a model number somewhere?
Can I use the metel lever in new plastic parts? It has the cruise control on the end of the lever, with a wire that goes somewhere.
If this is something beyond simple skills (I have done lots of work on mechanical things and have one of every tool) do I take it to a garage to fix it? I would like to get this fixed before we take it out again, and I want to prove to my sweetie that I can take care of our wonderful motorhome by myself.
We enjoy our Barth so much, and look forward to another wonderful season of adventure, but I need to have turn signals...

You have to tell us what chassis and year you have.

Welcome to the Forums!

I mean this kindly...it helps to know what year, size, and chassis your coach is (Please put it in your signature). I looked it up on your profile, and assume you have a GM P30 chassis. Sadly, there are many, many versions of the turn signal stalk, along with changes during a model year (and changes from one design, to another, back to the original).

They are dealer items; the local dealer and I tried 3 before the 4th (kind of) worked. The one I bought had a different connector but the same functions, so I attached the old one. However, the connector wouldn't fit through an opening in the column, so I had to solder it at the steering column.

Best chance of getting a good replacement is to take the old one to the dealer. You may have to cut the wires to remove; these should be cut within a few inches of the connector.

On both this (Spartan with GM instrumentation) and my '88 Chev SOB, the stalk was just a snap fit into the combination switch.

However, from your description, it may be the combination switch. Replacing that necessitates removal of the steering wheel.

On my 81 P30 The stem screwed into the switch, so the wheel had to come off. A standard wheel puller did the job. I then took the wheel puller to the local pick and pull and found a stem on a chevy van. The one that broke was tubular and the found one was solid, but the fit was the same. Can't help you with the cruise control question.

I should have mentioned that my turn signal lever also controls the windshield wipers and washer in addition to the cruise control. A rod also operates the Hi-Lo headlight beam relay located near the bottom of the steering column when the lever is pulled up.