Horn button

[truckdude239]

How hard should the horn button be to push? With out the cap on it. I installed a new spring and bucket but I cant push the metal bucket at all wonder what I did wrong horn is my last major item to get working before this I had to remove relay as horn was sticking on have new contacts inside column

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

How hard should the horn button be to push? With out the cap on it. I installed a new spring and bucket but I cant push the metal bucket at all wonder what I did wrong horn is my last major item to get working before this I had to remove relay as horn was sticking on have new contacts inside column

David,

The disk is the first piece to go inside the steering wheel(dome side up) then the metal cup, then the plastic retainer with the three screws. If you hold the metal cup in your hand and put the retainer down inside it you will see that the bosses on the plastic retainer fit snug inside the holes in the cup. Turn that assembly upside down and put the metal disk on it and you will see that the holes in the disk just fit over the bosses on the plastic retainer also. That is the way it has to go together. It can be tough getting it all lined up down inside the steering wheel and keeping the metal disk in place. If the disk gets out of place and gets pinched between the steering wheel hub and the retainer, either the horn won't honk or it will honk all the time.

You may have to take a small screwdriver and push the metal disk up from the bottom after you have the screws snugged up to get it in place. When you have all of the parts installed and you push on the edge of the metal cup it should push down a little bit, it should not be solid. If it is solid or the horn honks when you hook the battery back up the studs are on the disk and not through it.

I'm betting that the metal disk is pinched between the plastic retainer and the steering wheel hub. If you look at the installed components from above is the metal disk centered as compared to the metal cup? (even around the outside). Also make sure that the metal hub inside the steering wheel is bright metal with no overspray or rust on it, That is what the disk grounds to.

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[truckdude239]

I finally got it working after centering everything but the relay was stuck on even after I removed the whole steering wheel turns out the wire was pinched where it come out the bottom of the column by the strap that hold column up it's working for now!

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by truckdude239

I finally got it working after centering everything but the relay was stuck on even after I removed the whole steering wheel turns out the wire was pinched where it come out the bottom of the column by the strap that hold column up it's working for now!

Good deal! I will leave my post in case anyone else has a problem getting theirs working,

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[truckdude239]

I also will add to this anyone using the american auto wire update kit , I lost the relay for the horn after removing it like a year ago relay is 912224 (number off the relay from saws pictures)which crossed to a napa hr143 which crossed to a r636 took me little while to cross that but I was able to get a relay today that clipped into the plug on the american auto wire kit