upper steering column bearing

[forestb]

So I installed a brass bushing that I had to grind down a little on the outside and got it fitting perfectly. Put everything back together and connected the battery back up and that’s when the horn went on and stayed on. So I undid the only thing that changed and that was the bushing and the horn went off. I think that the brass bushing was grounding the horn circuit. No wonder why everything inside of the column is made of plastic. If I am wrong and this should not be happening I am open to any advice on how I could make it work with the bushing instead.