[urq] What the hell?

[Jim Haseltine]

Sounds to me like the clamping washer or pressure spring (or both) on the
top of the column aren't doing what they should. The earth route is from the
column to the clamping washer, to the spring, to the contact ring and then
to the bearing and on to the steering tube.
There is no direct contact between the column and the bearing - there's a
plastic bush (support ring) in between the two.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Lum" <tlum at flash.net>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: [urq] What the hell?


> Hey all-
>
> I was troubleshooting why my horns aren't working anymore on the ur-q and
> have discovered that the splined steering shaft on which the steering
wheel
> is mounted is now longer grounded to the chassis!  Its grounded only when
> the steering column is locked.  Naturally this makes the horn button
> useless.  The wiring and relay are good-if I ground the horn button wire
> directly to the chassis with the key on, the horns work perfectly.  The
> horn button (which checks good) switches the horn contact to the wheel
> adapter (MOMO) which is bolted to the steering shaft.  I always thought
> that the shaft would get grounded by the support bearings but this is no
> longer the case.
>
> Am I missing something here?  Anybody run into this before?
>
> Frustrated Honker,
>
>
>
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