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05crewcab · 11-13-2011, 03:57 AM

I am having problems with the contact disk for my horn touching my turn signal lever...seems like the disk slides on to the column shaft too far. on the shaft below the disk is this nut in the picture. what does this nut do?? if I unscrew it up a ways the contact disk stays off the turn signal lever, but I think the nut is to hold the bearing down, so it should be tight right?

'72 tilt column and a grant steering wheel

any help with pics and parts needed to get the horn working would be helpful...I feel like i might be missing a washer or something to that effect. Thanks.

eightbanger · 11-13-2011, 07:42 AM

Been in there just recently and that nut is to compress the bearing and should be tight.
The only pic I have but it doesn't show the the contact disc.

eightbanger · 11-13-2011, 08:30 AM

Went outside to pull the wheel and take more pics, now can't edit the previous pic which is of no use, have to go and make another post.

What holds my contact disc up is the small plastic post on the back, it fits nice & snug into the female part on the aliminium adapter where the horn wire feeds through (see pic) and the adapter once it is slid on the splines sits just level with the start of the threads for the wheel nut (see pic).
Hope this helps.....

sneakysnake · 11-13-2011, 11:52 AM

Are you putting a spring under the horn contact? I recall a spring.

prostreetC-10 · 11-13-2011, 12:14 PM

lol.....man does that thread title sound just wrong!

eightbanger · 11-13-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by prostreetC-10

lol.....man does that thread title sound just wrong!

05crewcab · 11-13-2011, 11:47 PM

Haha...guess I wasn't thinking about the connotation in the title when I was pissed about my stupid horn last night at 2am!

Anyway, Thanks for the pics...I am definately missing the spring under the contact disc, and there is no wire for the horn switch. I just have a skinny two inch long spring that sits in the shaft of the contact disc which makes contact with the horn button. I might be up a creek without a new steering wheel hub kit.

11-13-2011, 03:57 AM	#1
05crewcab Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 409	messin with my horn...what is this nut for? I am having problems with the contact disk for my horn touching my turn signal lever...seems like the disk slides on to the column shaft too far. on the shaft below the disk is this nut in the picture. what does this nut do?? if I unscrew it up a ways the contact disk stays off the turn signal lever, but I think the nut is to hold the bearing down, so it should be tight right? '72 tilt column and a grant steering wheel any help with pics and parts needed to get the horn working would be helpful...I feel like i might be missing a washer or something to that effect. Thanks. Attached Images __________________ 1971 C-20 350/350

11-13-2011, 07:42 AM	#2
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: messin with my horn...what is this nut for? Been in there just recently and that nut is to compress the bearing and should be tight. The only pic I have but it doesn't show the the contact disc. Attached Images __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-13-2011, 08:30 AM	#3
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: messin with my horn...what is this nut for? Went outside to pull the wheel and take more pics, now can't edit the previous pic which is of no use, have to go and make another post. What holds my contact disc up is the small plastic post on the back, it fits nice & snug into the female part on the aliminium adapter where the horn wire feeds through (see pic) and the adapter once it is slid on the splines sits just level with the start of the threads for the wheel nut (see pic). Hope this helps..... Attached Images __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

11-13-2011, 11:52 AM	#4
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: messin with my horn...what is this nut for? Are you putting a spring under the horn contact? I recall a spring. Attached Images

11-13-2011, 12:14 PM	#5
prostreetC-10 My Carbon Footprint Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Orygun Posts: 5,527	Re: messin with my horn...what is this nut for? lol.....man does that thread title sound just wrong! __________________ A quick "pedalfest" *Still getting loose (carb test)* 496 Initial fire up video!

11-13-2011, 11:47 PM	#7
05crewcab Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 409	Re: messin with my horn...what is this nut for? Haha...guess I wasn't thinking about the connotation in the title when I was pissed about my stupid horn last night at 2am! Anyway, Thanks for the pics...I am definately missing the spring under the contact disc, and there is no wire for the horn switch. I just have a skinny two inch long spring that sits in the shaft of the contact disc which makes contact with the horn button. I might be up a creek without a new steering wheel hub kit. __________________ 1971 C-20 350/350



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