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Subject:Horn Ring
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:30:53 -0600

A while back I had horn issues. The horn would, of it's own accord, just
start blowing - or so it seemed. Turned out to be a worn out horn ring.
I bought from a list vendor a new, genuine, official horn ring, and when
I installed it, I still had horn blowing issues. No matter what I did, I
could not get the steering wheel to seat properly with the new horn ring
in place. After a frustrating period of time, I discover the new,
genuine, official horn ring was different from the worn out one I took
off. Fortunately, I had saved the old ring, and was able to swap the
metal parts from the new to the old. That worked. But it was a giant
PITA until I found the source of the problem. There is a new shoulder on
the new horn ring that is not on the old one, and this will not allow
the steering wheel to seat properly.

I have a comparison picture of the two rings and am wondering if
someone could host this picture on their web site.

Just let me know,

Thanks

John

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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com