On 3/16/07, Maggie Dew <wildebus@gmail.com> wrote: > I finally got to see "Little Miss Sunshine" last week and had a good laugh > as the family headed down the highway with the bus' horn stuck on. > Ironically, yesterday as I was driving down Santa Fe's busiest street . . . > yep, you guessed it - my horn came on and intermittently beeped and blared > while other drivers stared. I stopped and disconnected one of the wires to > the horn and drove on. When I turned a corner after that, I could hear > crunchy sounds from the steering wheel. I am assuming broken horn ring. > Should I go ahead and order one or is there another possibility? > > Maggie > beepless in Santa Fe >
On my horn ring, there was crud (bits of glass too !?) in ring area. Likely your ring is done for, but check first. I may only be debris. I pulled wheel, cleaned area, lubed ring with *little* bearing grease and it's been fine. Yah the LMSS sindrome is funny for about a minute. I didn't pull over to remove horn connection thinking it wouldn' get too bad because it only honked on RH turns. It got bad, and unfunny, in the middle of town. Not cool......
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