Horn Spring Question
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Charlotte NC
DID not mean to come across like a jerk....I mean it in a joking manner but failed to put in the icons that would have changed the 'tone' of the text. My sincere apologies.
DUB
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Wichita Kansas
If I live to be.....
The 'springiness'..as you put it..... is ALL in the spring steel that eh horn button ACTUALLY CLIPS onto. The shims are there to space OUT the upper horn contact so the horn button will actually be able to move towards the steering wheel. AND....if you look at the upper horn contact...the piece withe h 3 plastic push in rivets....there is a piece of fiber paper material that separates the pieces so the spring steel portion of the upper horn contact can actually push down and make contact with the outer mounting provision of the upper horn contact that actually gets secured to the steering wheel.
I can tell you this is that the reproduced upper horn contacts are really crappy...because the most important part....the spring steel that the horn button clips onto is junk...and I fight with them quite often. Most times...I re-use the factory spring steel portion and rebuild the horn contact with it...and the horn button works perfectly. the spring steel in the new horn contacts are not right.
DUB
I can tell you this is that the reproduced upper horn contacts are really crappy...because the most important part....the spring steel that the horn button clips onto is junk...and I fight with them quite often. Most times...I re-use the factory spring steel portion and rebuild the horn contact with it...and the horn button works perfectly. the spring steel in the new horn contacts are not right.
DUB
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