[T3] Steering Wheel Center Cover...

Ralph Tree treedog12001 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 10 17:48:39 PDT 2015


I'll go play with it tomorrow and let you know what I see. 
Thanks
Ralph

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> On Jun 10, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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
> ===================
> 
> -----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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> 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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