Waht was the fix?  Can you buy just that copper ring?

Mike Miller wrote:

>When it happened to me it was the inner copper ring falling to pieces and
>the pieces making intermittent grounds as I turned.
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>mike
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>On 1/8/08 8:31 AM, "Ben Cichowski" <aquasheck@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>This morning, my horn started intermittently going off...it seems...when I
>>turned right. My daughter actually thought it was pretty funny as we belted
>>out honks at other cars while turning.
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>>I pulled the cover and took a look, but the contacts do not appear to be out
>>of wack - I have my Bentley at home, but don't recall whether there are specs
>>on this - it's a pretty simple mechanism and this isn't much to adjust here.
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>>I've had another vehicle (Not VW) go off in hot weather when the metal strips
>>warped under temp changes, but it was never tied into turning in a specific
>>direction.
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>>It seems like the contacts on the spring-loaded horn section are not to blame,
>>but perhaps it is making a connection further down. I haven't pulled off the
>>steering wheel in a while, but I wonder if a connection could be made on that
>>brass contact ring just under the wheel - Anyone had a similar experience?
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>>'88 Wolfsburg ej22
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>>Thanks,Ben
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