[T3] Steering Wheel Center Cover...

[Dave Hall]

Is it possible to put the horn ring on upside down, so the cut-outs are on
the wrong side of the cross-bar and so the horn ring can't move?
I would have assumed it's not possible, as there are 3 screws holding the
horn ring on, but we only usually got the horn bar in the UK, so I can't
check it.  
Can you assemble the horn ring on the steering wheel with it removed from
the column? Does it move OK now?  Is the connecting wire that goes through
the boss fouling things?

I know some problems with the horn can be caused by the lack of a gap of
about 3mm (1/8") between the steering wheel and the steering column switch
housing, but that doesn't seem relevant here.

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Ralph Tree
Sent: 11 June 2015 00:14
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Steering Wheel Center Cover...

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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> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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