Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-25 Thread OK Don
Check the wiper for the horn switch -- On 8/24/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea ... have also noticed that the sound comes every quarter turn of the steering wheel, but only when turning left. On 8/24/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like you're getting

Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-25 Thread LT Don
You think it is a switch? How would I check it? On 8/24/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the wiper for the horn switch -- On 8/24/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea ... have also noticed that the sound comes every quarter turn of the steering wheel, but only when turning

Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-25 Thread OK Don
No - it's the wiper (carbon? brush) that rubs on a ring (the ground connection, I think) under the horn pad - pull off the horn pad, turn the wheel, see if there is anything un-toward in there. On 8/24/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You think it is a switch? How would I check it? --

Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-25 Thread andrew strasfogel
Brilliant suggestion. Just pull off the rubber cover and inspect the innards. On 8/24/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No - it's the wiper (carbon? brush) that rubs on a ring (the ground connection, I think) under the horn pad - pull off the horn pad, turn the wheel, see if there is

Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-24 Thread andrew strasfogel
Sounds like you're getting warm On 8/24/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Listening more carefully (and perhaps because the noise is happening more frequently now) I think I might have a better clue as to what is causing it. It is definitely a metallic sound, but the frequency makes

Re: [MBZ] more on a NEW strange noise

2005-08-24 Thread LT Don
Yea ... have also noticed that the sound comes every quarter turn of the steering wheel, but only when turning left. On 8/24/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like you're getting warm -- 1977 240D 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle If we couldn't laugh we would all