Craig Smith wrote:
>
> All this talk about the horns made me jump on my NON working ones.
> The horns themselves work fine, I have a hook up problem.
> I pulled the plastic thingy from the steering wheel.
> I have:
> A plastic holder, a metal octagon shaped piece with a stranded copper wire
> attached at the end, a spring that looks like it came out of a ballpoint
> pen.
>
> That's it.
>
> The metal piece looks like it should move up and down, but how is the spring
> suppose to act on the metal when there is a divider inside the plastic tube
> ?
>
> Plus the spring does not protrude through the base of the plastic tube .
>
> Do I have all the parts ?
Craig,
The entire system is composed of the horn button that clips into the steering
wheel, the piece you describe, the horn ring with the wire that attaches
to the rest of the system through the steering column.
The tab on the horn button mates with the spring loaded contact that you
mention. This piece is held in place by the spring to keep pressure on the
horn ring below while the wheel spins.
So, when you press the horn button, the circuit is grounded through the
steering column and completes the circuit. Some cars have horn relays.
Others don't. But that part on the steering column does the actuating
regardless of which type you have, The only difference is that with out the
relay, the circuit flows all the way through the horns. In the relay type, the
actuator circuit energizes the relay which in turn supplies current to
honk the horns.
I hope this helps.
Joe
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