Strange things done beneath the sun.

i had horn ring problems once. Bought a new ring - official VW part number. Wheel of, replaced ring, steering wheel would not seat. Worked and worked with it. Still no go. my final solution? I took the new brass contact ring off the new plastic ring it was mounted to and put it on the old plastic ring. Wheel seated properly. Used a touch of dielectric grease in the brass fingers and the horn worked perfectly.

I have found that parts sometimes will have ever so slight variations in them and they have to be modified to fit. I think part manufacture gets farmed out to different sources and because of it errors creep in.

Did your horn not work at all before starting the ring replacement? If the horn DID NOT work check the wiring connections at the horn itself. Try this. Inspect the horn operating pad and be sure one of the springs is not extended to far, cocking the pad slightly making the horn blow continually. Inspect you horn ring installation again (I'm sure by now you have). it never hurts. Might see something you missed. Adjust the brass fingers so they DON'T make contact, Turn on ignition and see what happens. You can always bend them back. Hopefully in there somewhere you find a solution.

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 3:16 PM Vanagon Man <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Dan. > Looked at that first, and not the culprit. > > > On Jul 23, 2022, at 1:52 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >  > > Look under the center pad of the steering wheel there are 2 tabs. When > you push the pad down those tabs make contact and the horn is on. Maybe > those 2 tabs are too far down and make a permanent contact. > > > >> On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 12:32 PM Vanagon Man <t3vanagon@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It was a simple task: > >> Fix that dreaded scraping when turning the wheel. Replaced the signal > lever assembly a couple weeks back, and that helped for a day but still > didn’t do the trick. The scrape was back the next day. > >> > >> A new GW horn ring just arrived, so I switched out the old and > installed the new. > >> Again, simple. > >> > >> Put the wheel back on and turned the ignition. Horn is now always on > whenever I turn on the ignition. > >> > >> I took off the wheel and re-examined, and everything seems to be in the > right place. > >> > >> New ring looks straight. > >> > >> What am I missing? > >> I know it’s got to be something simple. > >> > >> Matt > >> ‘88 Westy > >> Missoula, MT >