Date:         Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:25:44 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sound improvement success
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If easy, Please give me a description of the process.  I had asked my mechanic to do this but he seemed concerned about messing with the steering wheel.  With good directions I'd be glad to fix this sound.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 
On Jun 17, 2014, at 5:56 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> Or it could be the steering wheel contacting the plastic column.  Easy adjustment.  Do both while the steering wheel is off.
> 
> Dave B.
> 
> On 06/17/14, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> 
> Be prepared to replace one or both parts. The brass can wear so thin it
> works like an instrument reed, hence the squeak sound--it's vibrating when
> scraped by the contact. Lube will fix it for a while, maybe a long while,
> until it wears though and breaks.
> 
> Stuart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Eric Caron
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Sound improvement success
> 
> The steering wheel sound for me is not gritty more like a high squeak. Still
> checking this area and cleaning up horn contacts should be a good thing to
> do.
> 
> 
> Just can't imagine that is where the squeak is coming from.
> 
> Eric Caron
> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
> 
> 
> On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:38 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
>> Yes, Bentley says "all-purpose grease." Darn, I need to do this job.
>> 
>> Stuart
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> Richard Koerner
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:32 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Sound improvement success
>> 
>> If it's kind of a "gritty" squeak, I agree that it is probably the horn
>> contact ring. I disagree with GoWesty's advice to use dielectric grease;
>> when I used dielectric grease it only lasted about 9 months (and that
>> happened twice in a row). When I switched to white lithium grease, it's
> now
>> lasted over 3 years of smooth and quiet operation. Dielectric "grease" is
>> really only a smeary coating to keep corrosion at bay yet not short out
>> things, not as lubricious as real grease.
>> 
>> Rich
>> San Diego
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: Sound improvement success
>> 
>> 
>> That squeak might not be the plastic cover rubbing, it could be the horn
>> contact ring. Pull the steering wheel and clean and lube it with
> all-purpose
>> grease. Good article on both issues here:
>> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=318
>> 
>> Stuart
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> Eric Caron
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:11 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Sound improvement success
>> 
>> Now, if I could just fix the squeak made by the steering wheel turning
>> against the plastic column I be really pleased.
>> 
>> Eric Caron
>> 85 GL Auto Westfalia