wrote:
> Hi All,
> Just got my standard '69 bug back from a shop that works on a lot
> of aircooled vws. They do good work. They replaced the missing wire
> down the steering column and also the wire that crosses the outside of
> the steering column junction above the steering box. They also
> cleaned all the contacts on the horn button and on the horn itself.
> The horn worked fine for a while and then stopped working. I
> normally rarely use the horn but inspection is coming up and it was
> good to have a horn again after almost a year so. I was miffed but
> drove on home. On the way back home I drove straight, nothing, made
> left turns, nothing, made a right turn, horn back! This continued all
> the way home where while after driving straight for a while, no horn,
> left turns, no horn, a good sharp right turn, horn back!
> ??????????
> Any ideas? Could there be something amiss we missed?
> David
>

See if yours has the wire connection to the shaft
support bearing:
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wired/w...ired_12_00.htm

That might be the cause.

The other possible is that the preload on the
tiny ball bearings in the steering box isn't
tight enough. Adjustment is very tricky and
the bearings easily damaged, so leave that as a
last resort.

Speedy Jim
http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/