Stearing wheel bearing and horn going off when turning wheel

[steiner_ca at hotmail.com (Craig Steiner)]

I'll second that.  My '86 used to do that.  Just tighten the screws and it 
will go away.  Loctite if you don't want it to happen again.

Craig Steiner
'88 Alpine White 16V


>From: Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: desinor@sympatico.ca
>To: Scirocco-L <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Stearing wheel bearing and horn going off when turning wheel
>Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:54:04 -0500
>
>   The horn contacts sweep a large copper plate on the steering column. In 
>mine, the screws holding that plate became loose and would occasionnaly 
>short the contacts.
>   You should ba able to check by looking between the steering wheel and 
>the column.
>	Jean-Claude
>
>Neptuno a écrit :
>>SO among the multiple electrical gremlins attacking my car as of lately 
>>there is this pesky one that I like some help with. Sometimes while 
>>turning my stirring wheel my horn will go off. I have noticed that there 
>>is some up and down play on the wheel.      That is to say that If I pull 
>>on it towards me that there is some play. IS that a stearing wheel bearing 
>>issue that is some how grounding my horn? Is one thing related to the 
>>other?
>>      I'm tired of scaring people with my random horn (it has air horns) 
>>and waving to people as to make them think I know them (to hide the 
>>embarrassment of my gremlin)
>>      Oh List please help.
>>      Thanks,
>>   El T
>
>
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