Just had a similar problem on my 4. afterworking on steering column setup
for hours, found the grounding strap on the steering column nuckle under the
hood was broken and would short to ground on turns. replaced strap and now
works better than new Bill
>From: "Glenn A. Merrell" <StagByTriumph@tscusa.org>
>Reply-To: StagByTriumph@tscusa.org
>To: Bob Danielson <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>,
>triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [TR] Horn Works on its own
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:29:23 -0600
>
>Bob Danielson wrote:
>>Today I'm at a stop sign and as I start to turn left I hear a horn blaring
>>at me so I stop and look around and it's still blasting
>>away..............uh
>>oh............it's my car's horn going off.
>>
>It seems to me that when my horn stopped working on my Heralds and TR250,
>the contact between the steering column ring to horn button push was carbon
>brushes in between a spring inside a plastic tube, no lubrication required,
>and the carbon brushes had simply worn out or the slip ring was gunked up.
>No copper to copper or brass to brass contacts.
>
>--
>Glenn A. Merrell
>Chairman, Triumph Stag Club USA (2007-2009)
>The best trophies are miles on the odometer, stone chips in the paint, dead
>bugs on the windshield!
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