On my '69 Ghia, it runs from the horn ring down the center of the shaft,
through the crush member, and out the end of the shaft at the flex disk.
There is a slot in the side of the end of the shaft it passes through,
and it plugs into a terminal on the steering gear side of the flex
coupling yoke, which grounds it through the steering box. It should
never have any twisting or pulling in operation.
The horn itself is connected to a terminal on the steering column outer
tube - which is why it needs to be insulated from the body. I can't use
the steering lock on my car because the insulating sleeve on the lock
pin is gone, and the horn sounds when I try to lock the steering. I'll
fix that someday.
Chuck Kuecker
On 5/9/2015 1:17 PM, Bert Knupp wrote:
Routing horn wire
Volks,
(a) In my 1970 beetle, I have had the brown wire from the horn button
to the horn itself get tangled in the steering column crush zone and
get torn apart. This has occurred several times. I have tried
shrouding the crush zone with cardboard; routing the wires up and over
; nothing seems to work for long.
Who can tell me what the “factory routing” was for
thebrown(-)hornbutton wireon the 1970 beetles as they came from the
factory? Mine was torn apart for painting and obviously never
correctly re-routed.
(b) I have a good factory Hella hornthat came from a 1972
SuperBeetle. Who knows whether this horn was also used on 1970
standard beetles? I currently have a Chinese aftermarkethorn. Works
fine, but‘taint authentic.
Bert Knupp in Music City USA
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