Newest problem for the day.(the story take 1)

Tonight I was delivering pizza and on my way back to the store when all of a sudden I see cop lights behind me. Yup, I was gettin pulled over so I did the usuall routine and put my dome light, and turned off the car. I had absolutly no idea why I would be pulled over however right when I turned my signal on to pull to the shoulder I noticed my gauge cluster lights had just gone out. My gauge faces I bought before had done this in the past so I thought maybe I left something loose and thats why I removed them last month. Well the officer informs me that I have no lights on in back. Well when I left the store i know they were on because I saw my lights in the reflection of the store windows so I thought I just blew a fuse. On my way home tonight (2:30am) I noticed as I was using my signal that there is an odd spot when I move the lever up or back that my gauge lights go off. There is some kind of short in the actuall turn signal switch. So what I would like to know is has anyone ever had that switch mess up on you? How hard is it to replace and will the steering wheel have to come off?(I really dont wanna have to take off the wheel due to the air bag)


Sorry for long story..