You might want to rethink that as WD-40 will attract dust and dirt and my actually contribute to wear. I found this out talking to a clock repair person who stated that the number one cause of failure of mechanical clocks was people spraying WD-40 on them thinking they were lubricating the mechanism - yet what it did was attract contaminants into the mechanism causing the clock to eventually stop. It only takes a minute to pull the steering-wheel - I would go with the dielectric grease instead. Todd '88 Westy
On 1/14/2013 12:47 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > reminds me .. > people could do something to lube their horn contact rings. > > the wear badly eventuallyat one spot ..since most of the time the van is > driving straight .. > wearing that one spot. > > If Ihave the steering wheel off I use dielectric grease on the horn > contanct ring. > If I don't want to take it off ....I squirt some WD in there . > any sort of electric-friendly lube rather than 'just nothing' for years > and decades. > > scott > > > On 1/14/2013 8:36 AM, Dick Wong wrote: >> Don't know much about the horn contact ring on the Vanagons (yet), >> but I've >> been pulling parts from an 86 in a junkyard. I think I remember it >> still >> had a steering wheel (black, no center pad) attached, I can be your >> salvager >> (actual cost and shipping) if you need something. >> >> -Dick Wong- >> 78 Scirocco >> Original Owner >> 87 Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy) >> Third Owner >> 12 Golf TDI >> Original Co-Owner >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >> Behalf Of >> Jeff Lincoln >> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 8:05 AM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: 1985 - Horn COntact ring on Steering WHeel >> >> So in the midst of tearing everything apart to replace my front heater >> blower (success!!!) I somehow got things a little wonky when I put the >> steering wheel back on and that contact ring snagged on the little >> tab and >> it tore the ring at the bottom. That's no good. >> >> It there any way to replace that or am I kinda SOL? >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> >> Jeff >> '85 GL (Gertie) >> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2638/6032 - Release Date: >> 01/14/13 >> > |
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