Hi all,

just a quick one. I removed my steering yrs ago for an aftermarket one. Now comes the time to fit another one. The thing is, before when i fitted the other wheel i rewired a live to the horn because there was a live and earth connection. This time there is just one connection. Looking at it that must be a live and the spring on the button returns to earth. Problem is how can i get a wire through to the wheel without like last time having a long wire wrapped around the shaft to allow steering etc.

Is there any solution. like a rotating ring etc

 

cheers

Firstly as your working in a car with 12v dc you don't have live or earth, simply + or -, that out of the way, on the stalk switch mounted around the top of the steering column you will find a spring loaded pin which contacts on the back side of the steering wheel boss, then this pick up ring is wired via the horn push switch to the hub of the boss creating a - path through the column when pressed.

Hi Chris, thanks for the point out ref positive and ground. I realise i might have expressed it wrong as at work we never say minus etc, it gets expressed as live or earth etc....

my point was the fact its an aftermarket boss with no ring. So how have others got around this?

The old horn push had a + and - to wire in. This one has one connection for the contact as other horns so without a ring is it back to a wire?