[TR] Horn with a mind of its own

[Chris Simo]

second that. I autocrossed a few years ago and the horn went off on every
left turn That was the highlight of my run - unfortunately.

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Randy and Valerie DeRuiter <
deruiterville at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Irv-
>
> Yes, uncontrolled tooting can be embarrassing!  I had the same problem on
> my
> TR4 - you may want to slightly pull the hub away from the column, that was
> my
> problem - the motolita hub itself was touching the horn pickup, and it
> happens
> if there is any play in the column bushings which is pretty common.  Loosen
> the clamp at the firewall in the engine bay to move the inner/outer
> steering
> column.  Just a 1/16-1/8" or so extra and you can eliminate the issue I
> think.
>
> Randy
>
> > Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 10:21:24 -0500
> > From: emanteno at comcast.net
> > To: triumphs at Autox.Team.Net
> > Subject: [TR] Horn with a mind of its own
> >
> > I treated myself to a new Moto-Lita steering wheel a couple of weeks ago.
> > Since I installed it, the horns have
> > blown several times without pushing the horn button, usually when
> steering
> > to the left. This happened twice while we were
> > moving (pushing and steering) the car at our club tune-up clinic
> yesterday.
> > My car has air horns, and they are LOUD.
>
> > Any and all thoughts/suggestions greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Irv Korey
> > 74 TR6 CF22767U
> > Highland Park, IL
> >
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