Getting horn to work when replacing steering wheel w/ aftermarket wheel.

Pretty White · 03-02-2005, 02:25 PM

This is to answer the age old question, "Why can't I get the horn to work?" when swapping from a Airbag steering wheel to a non airbag wheel.

1)Remove the stock wheel (Pretend this is a stock wheel)

2)Locate this hole on the steering column

3)Widen it a little bit with a philips screw driver of a round file. (You want the ballpoint pen spring and stud to move freely w/o binding up)

4)Find a small stud or grind/cut down a wood nail head and round it off.

5)Get a ballpoint spring (300lb

progressive spring j/k)

6)Put some grease on the spring and then insert it in the hole. Then put the stud in after

7)Walla, the horn is ready to work. Nothing "technical". Nothing too complicated. A freaking ballpoint pen spring folks.

I hope this helps! Enjoy!

sr20jet · 03-03-2005, 02:47 PM

Good visuals Pretty White. Heard about the ball point spring method but didn't know how to go about it. The Momo wheel I have sitting around will be making its way into the se-r, holla.

Hammerin Hank · 03-14-2005, 11:18 PM

Any issues with the turn signal not canceling itself? Never had the wheel off on my NX, so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I had this problem on a Neon once when I installed a Momo.

daxx · 03-15-2005, 12:47 AM

I have a Momo steering wheel but my horn buttons are on the side, how do I get that to work? do I stick a wire in the hole(there are two wires though coming from each button) so everytime I push the button it makes contact for the horn to sound....does the other wire have to see a 12v source or something?

Pretty White · 03-15-2005, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hammerin Hank

Any issues with the turn signal not canceling itself? Never had the wheel off on my NX, so forgive me if this is a dumb question. I had this problem on a Neon once when I installed a Momo.

Not if you position the strikers in line with the cancel switch on the hub.

Pretty White · 03-15-2005, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daxx

I have a Momo steering wheel but my horn buttons are on the side, how do I get that to work? do I stick a wire in the hole(there are two wires though coming from each button) so everytime I push the button it makes contact for the horn to sound....does the other wire have to see a 12v source or something?

As long as the horn ring on on the back of the steering wheel hub, the ballpoint pen trick is all you should need.
I will take pics in a few minutes.

daxx · 03-15-2005, 03:11 PM

pics would be good!

TIA

Pretty White · 03-16-2005, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daxx

pics would be good!

TIA

Sorry, I been busy and my wife took the camera to take pics of a house. I will do it later on this evening.
If you do have an aftermarket steering wheel it should be included in the box with the instructions. So this should not be necessary, but I will still take pics.

Witt19 · 04-19-2005, 08:01 PM

hmmm, my hub doesnt have any pins on it..... does this mean im' sh*t out of luck when it comes to manually cancelling the turn signal

Pretty White · 04-19-2005, 09:25 PM

Sorry, I posted the pic in the other thread. I thought the back of the wheel wan on this thread.

Classic SE-R · 09-13-2005, 11:52 PM

thanks for the write-up. i am going to put my steering wheel in this weekend

STRATTON · 09-13-2005, 11:59 PM

ahh i should have seen this before i put my quick release hub on. ill prolly just make a button some where on the dash, good write up though ian.

stratton.

Wht91SE-R · 04-12-2007, 08:45 PM

The picture didnt work.for the 1st one.Can you post up pictures if u can on how i can remove my steering wheel?
I need to know how to remove it so i can put the new Gt grant steering wheel.

chriscar · 04-12-2007, 09:12 PM

Ya earned yourself a sticky, Ian.

C

Pretty White · 04-19-2007, 07:34 AM

Thanks. 2 in 10 years on the forum/mailing list.

Pretty White · 04-22-2007, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wht91SE-R

The picture didnt work.for the 1st one.Can you post up pictures if u can on how i can remove my steering wheel?
I need to know how to remove it so i can put the new Gt grant steering wheel.

22mm socket and a hell of a lot of forceful turning. Once the nut of loose, hit the steering wheel a few times on both both sides with the backsides of your hands to loosen it,

unijabnx2000 · 05-22-2007, 02:52 PM

some of the pictures of this thread no longer are working, can any one help?

Greg Amy · 08-22-2007, 08:48 AM

Addendum:

Don't know about the rest of you guys, but the above instruction, while helpful, weren't the whole story on my car ('93 NX). I drilled out the hole above, saw the brass/copper contact back there, but there was no power to that contact. Reason is, the power for the horn comes through the airbag circuit, the yellow-jacketed cabling with the flat connectors. When you install a Momo adapter you have to remove the clockspring, thus you lose the power wire going through the column.

The solution, thanks to Ray Kawski and Matt Ostlund, is to run the yellow/green wire from the spiral (clickspring) harness to the back of the wiper stalk assembly. That will provide power to the brass/copper contacts inside, to which the spring and the pin you create will touch.

Kawski pics are here:
http://www.e-rak.com/gallery/v/vehic...bum34/album37/

I did this last night and it works as advertised...

blackcloud · 02-24-2008, 10:02 PM

Ok, today I went out and tried to make my horn work on my aftermarket steering wheel, but instead of what is pictured, I was presented with something else. I encountered 3 prongs, not a hole. The prongs when pushed will go forward back into their housings. So, do these have to be removed? Does this require splicing wires? I have a 94 SE-R w/cruise control (the cruise control doesn't work though). I can't figure this out, so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Mike.