Re: 48-54 steering wheel and horn ring

Posted by HH56 On 2023/9/1 12:03:50

Correct. There may be a rubber washer too but in order for the chrome part of horn ring to move there are some plastic shoulder bushings around the 3 screws attaching the spring seat and visible in the photo. The screws pass thru the bushings and the contact plate to actually carry ground from the spring seat to the chrome part of horn ring.

When the ring assy is attached to the wheel the contact plate with the large hole in the middle between the chrome and spring seat is pushed against the wire and cup contact making it part of the relay connection so it needs to be electrically isolated from the grounded parts. That is what the bushings do. When you push the chrome the bushings slide in some larger holes in the contact plate to depress the spring and also allow the grounded chrome part to touch the contact plate to make the connection and blow the horn.

The question is the extra washers. On the 47 and earlier wheels there are only shoulder bushings. For the later version assy they added 3 insulating washers but the question is where are the washers positioned.

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