[T3] Steering Wheel Center Cover...

[Ralph Tree]

Sorry I missed that. I have the springs horn ring and star washers in place, and for some reason I have no movement or spring back when they are tightened. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks
Ralph

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> On Jun 8, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 7 Jun 2015 at 21:56, Ralph Tree wrote:
>> 
>> Excuse my ignorance, but I've never seen one of these horn systems in
>> place. When i tighten the screws down there is no spring action. The
>> wheel and horn ring just tighten down firmly. Is there a spring in
>> there somewhere other than on the small screws?
> 
> Sounds like you're asking about the 2-spoke steering wheel, used up 
> to the middle of '72. The original question was about the later 
> 4-spoke wheel, which has a completely different system.
> 
> On your early wheel, there are small springs around each of the 3 
> horn ring attaching screws, plus a different sort of spring that 
> holds the center cap in place. The small screws are shoulder screws 
> that tighten down until their shoulders hit.
> 
> NB: On the early wheel, people who take the horn ring out sometimes 
> lose one or more of the star lockwashers that go under the shoulders. 
> This allows the screw to advance just a hair too far and that will 
> sound the horn at all the wrong times. The OE star washers can be 
> replaced with a standard #6 US external star washer.  
> 
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