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Yes, I know; another horn ring question. I am remounting my steering wheel and horn ring after having it removed for a number of months, including a beautiful new hub purchased from Eric G. late last year. I never disassembled the horn ring itself, so all of the little pieces illustrated in "SAOC - The Alpine Guide" in this old forum post are just as they were before I removed the ring and steering wheel last Nov. (https://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/horn-ring-assembly-question.29035/#post-207584). The horns worked at that time.
I cannot seem to properly mount the horn ring. It feels insecure and is most often touching the steering wheel spokes on the right side, leaving a 1/4" space b/t the ring and the spokes on the left side. I have seen the old forum posts about the little rubber pieces that used used to fit between the horn ring and the steering wheel spokes (
https://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/horn-assembly.27323/#post-189064), but I've never had those before, and others in that forum discussion seem not to consider them critical.
There only the three set-screws (bolts, actually) to hold all of this stuff together (e.g., the two parts of the hub, plus the horn ring), right? This shouldn't be so difficult. If I tighten those three set-screws to fully engage their lock washers, I am cramming the horn ring against the steering wheel spokes. If I leave those set-screws a little loose, first of all that doesn't seem to make sense, and the horn ring "wobbles." Have I misplaced some little pieces? A spacer of some kind? The copper grounding spring is only intended to ground the horn ring, right? It really does not provide much resistance.
I cannot seem to properly mount the horn ring. It feels insecure and is most often touching the steering wheel spokes on the right side, leaving a 1/4" space b/t the ring and the spokes on the left side. I have seen the old forum posts about the little rubber pieces that used used to fit between the horn ring and the steering wheel spokes (
https://forum.sunbeamalpine.org/index.php?threads/horn-assembly.27323/#post-189064), but I've never had those before, and others in that forum discussion seem not to consider them critical.
There only the three set-screws (bolts, actually) to hold all of this stuff together (e.g., the two parts of the hub, plus the horn ring), right? This shouldn't be so difficult. If I tighten those three set-screws to fully engage their lock washers, I am cramming the horn ring against the steering wheel spokes. If I leave those set-screws a little loose, first of all that doesn't seem to make sense, and the horn ring "wobbles." Have I misplaced some little pieces? A spacer of some kind? The copper grounding spring is only intended to ground the horn ring, right? It really does not provide much resistance.