where do you find a switch with a roller instead of a peg???
This is not the big thing some people think it is. I like the idea of the roller wheel just as much as the next guy, but even Chrysler went to the slider-type horn contact on their own OE switches, and they don't make problems over many years and many miles…
if the switch is installed correctly. Complaints of noise, etc are because people don't know that the slider contact area must get lubrication.
A thin film of graphite grease (or a pssht of dry graphite spray lube) on the cleaned copper ring on the back of the steering wheel is all it takes for many years of silent, problem-free operation. The Chrysler document you see here was included in the box with replacement '70-up switches once OE production (and therefore replacement-part production) moved to the slider-brush type of horn contact:
Back to the subject at hand: yes, the overwhelming majority presently available are Chinese trinkets only shaped like turn signal switches, in gumball-machine-grade "quality". That's whatever brand or pretend-brand they're sold under: "OER", Shee-Mar, etc. Same with pretty much everything else in the catalogues from the likes of Van's, PG Classic, Classic Industries, etc: maybe good enough to look at, but nowhere near OE quality in terms of durability and function. This is one of the major frustrations of owning a vintage Mopar these days; it is much harder to get hold of
good parts than it was a few decades ago (now get the hell offa my lawn, etc).
At the risk of being overly promotional for something not presently on the shelf: my switches are not like that. They are made by one of Chrysler's original suppliers (the one who provided switches for most of the A-B-C-body cars built outside the US + Canada), to the Chrysler blueprint, with up-to-date and high-quality materials, put together carefully. They fit correctly without any drilling/filing/cutting/modification. They operate correctly, with the original click-stop feel to the detents and no squishy operation or improper-operation positions (and yes, they have the roller-wheel horn contact).
But the cupboard is bare for the time being; for awhile it looked like they wouldn't make any more of these for me, but a few key people got replaced and now they're talking to me again, so things are looking sunnier. Maybe within a couple months. Until then, whoever asks I have to say "Wish I could help ya". X-(
