| hr5539 | -- 04-24-2016 @ 12:30 PM |
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If I straighten the tabs on the bottom side of the light switch knob, can the knob then be removed from the horn wire tube, or does this only remove the horn button from the light switch knob? The tabs appear to have never been straightened before, so I think I can bend them one time and back again without breaking them. However, I do not want to bend them to remove the horn button, only to find out that I still can't remove the light switch knob from the horn wire tube.
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| nelsb01 | -- 04-24-2016 @ 7:26 PM |
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Bending the tabs back will only release the chrome ring, the spring, and the horn button from the switch head. Not sure what you want to do here --- remove the horn wire from the light switch rod? I presume that you have the rod out of the steering column.
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| hr5539 | -- 04-25-2016 @ 3:22 PM |
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I am trying to remove the switch head from the hornwire tube, so I can remove the steering wheel. I cannot pull the hornwire tube up and out from the steering column because the 6" brass sheath tube that is found on the lower end of the hornwire tube has apparently been glued to the hornwire tube, thus not allowing the hornwire tube to be pulled out of the steering column. So my question is, If I remove the chrome ring, spring and horn button, will that enable me to remove the switch head from the hornwire tube? Or, is the hornwire tube crimped against the top surface switch head, as well as the bottom surface. (I do not want to bend those tabs unless I know that doing so will allow me to be able to remove the switch head from the hornwire tube)
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| 40 Coupe | -- 04-25-2016 @ 3:51 PM |
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You can not remove the inside portion for the horn button without doing damage to the rod and horn button. I suggest you remove the glue holding the rod in place and then remove it properly so as not to damage the rod. Then repair the brass tube with silver solder on the inside portion of the bottom cover.
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| juergen | -- 04-25-2016 @ 5:40 PM |
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Are you sure that the horn tube is glued to the brass tube? Have you removed the horse shoe clip which holds the horn tube in place? How are you getting to the back side of the horn button as normally it can't move up?
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| hr5539 | -- 04-26-2016 @ 3:22 PM |
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I think the short brass tube has been glued to the long wire tube, as the wire tube that is usually oily has been degreased. Yes, the horse shoe clip is off and I can pull it out about 40 " and then the stuck brass tube interferes with further removal. I am able to get to the bottom side of the switch head as the rod pulls out 40". So my question is, will removing the horn button by straightening those tabs allow me access to separate the switch head from the horn wire tube? I am suspecting that the horn wire tube may not be removable from the switch head.
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| trjford8 | -- 04-26-2016 @ 5:53 PM |
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The head is pressed onto the tube. Trying to remove it will caused irreparable damage.
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| 40cpe | -- 04-26-2016 @ 7:31 PM |
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I don't understand. If the horn button/switch control/brass tube pulls up 40", or even 4", it is not "glued" to the tube on the end plate. It surely will come out with a little persuasion. If you get the switch control off the tube, then what? From what I think I am reading, I would try to insert a slim rod/probe up the tube from the bottom and tap it lightly.
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| trjford8 | -- 04-27-2016 @ 7:10 AM |
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Whatever you do , DO NOT BEND THE TUBE. If the tube is being stopped because it is hitting the roof of the car you need to lower the steering column for a better angle.
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