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Old Nov 16, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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Sometimes when I honk my horn on my '61 vette, I get shocked. What is the problem?

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I'm 'cause mine zaps me too!

Hummmm..... I've got leather seats....would vinyl act as an insulater?
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Electricity takes the easiest path to ground. You must be a well grounded individual! Or else your steering column / horn button ground isn't.
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Originally Posted by Norman Teegardin
Sometimes when I honk my horn on my '61 vette, I get shocked. What is the problem?

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The horn button's path to ground is through the upper steering shaft bearing to the shaft; if contact isn't good between the I.D. of the bearing and the O.D. of the shaft, it'll ground through you instead.
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