Re: Beep, Beep

["Bryan Geiszler" <wubbledub@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>There is a circular metal strip on the end of the stering colum that 
contacts a piece on the stering wheel that then goes through the horn button 
and I think you get the idea. anyway after a while the circular part gets 
worn in one spot (since you make lots of small adjustments going straight) 
and eventually breaks. When it gets pushed so it hits ground the horn 
sounds. Happened to me in my '81 so I just took the assembly from my parts 
car and used alot of dielectric grease to make sure it wouldn't happen again 
any time soon. HTH.

Bryan Geiszler
'81 Scirocco S

>
>Hey all-
>   My horn started honking today whenever I turned the wheel about 90 
>degrees
>either way.  So I pulled the negative wire out of its socket and it still
>did it.  I pulled the fuse until I could get home and check it out.  
>There's
>been a slight clicking noise coming from the steering column for about the
>last 6 months but I figured it was just something in the turn signal/wiper
>mechanism.  I didn't have time to pull the wheel and inspect the column.
>The horn just happens to go off right when the click is heard while turning
>the wheel.  My first thought is that there's a short in the wiring in the
>column caused by the signal/wiper mechanism.  Anyone dealt with this or 
>have
>any thoughts?  I knew it had been too long since something had broken.  TIA
>
>Jeremy
>'86 16v

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