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Old 03-02-2005, 02:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Getting horn to work when replacing steering wheel w/ aftermarket wheel.

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!
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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.
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Old 03-14-2005, 11:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Old 03-15-2005, 03:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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pics would be good!

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Old 03-16-2005, 01:10 PM   #8 (permalink)
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pics would be good!

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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.




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Old 04-19-2005, 08:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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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
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Old 04-19-2005, 09:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Sorry, I posted the pic in the other thread. I thought the back of the wheel wan on this thread.
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:52 PM   #11 (permalink)
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thanks for the write-up. i am going to put my steering wheel in this weekend
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Old 09-13-2005, 11:59 PM   #12 (permalink)
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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.

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Old 04-12-2007, 08:45 PM   #13 (permalink)
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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.
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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,
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some of the pictures of this thread no longer are working, can any one help?
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Old 08-22-2007, 08:48 AM   #18 (permalink)
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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...
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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.
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Old 02-24-2008, 10:11 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Mike, you don't have an airbag, right? This topic is about cars that have the 'bags, such as the NX.

See that pin on the upper left, the top one in the left circle next to the screw? That's what you need; that is the pin that will ride against the contact wheel on the steering wheel adapter. Simply clean up those contacts, verify with a test light and/or multimeter that you have power at that pin, re-grease them lightly, and you're all set... - GA
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