The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE Replies to this message will be emailed.    PRINT   SAVE 

Horn reclamation project part II 140-160 1973

posted by  Steve M. on  Sat Nov 2 06:18 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Wed Feb 23 21:05 CST 2011
[RELATED]

Some of you may recall my continuing horn soap opera. Last weekend I cleaned off every contact I could a replaced the dysfunctional stock horns with a couple of FIAMMs. The result was horns that sounded fine -- when they sounded.

The reason, I figured out today is this:

On the front side of steering wheel hub is something that I'll call, for lack of a better term, the spring-loaded contact nub. It is meant to keep contact with the ring on the stationary white plastic collar that has the ring-shaped ground contact.

That nub, however, touches the ring contact through only part of the steering wheel's 360 degrees. In about half the radius, there is a millimeter or so of separation. Hence, sporadic beeping. The non-touch area is mainly where the wheel is in a straight-on position, where the ring would have the most wear. (When the Volvo logo is upside-down the horns are fine.)

Seems like there could be two causes. One is a weak spring. The other is erosion of the contact ring on the white plastic collar.

Anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks a million.

Steve






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.