Grant Wheel Horn Button - help!
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Grant Wheel Horn Button - help!
My truck had a Grant Steering wheel on it when I bought it. I really like the wheel, but I took it off to replace the turn signal switch and I can't figure out how to get the horn button back on. The spring was taped to the back of the horn button and the other end just looks like it slips onto the end of the threaded steering shaft, but it won't go back on or attach to anything. It was on there really well before and It's driving me crazy because I just can't see any way it could possibly stay in place. Thank you all for your help!
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The Grant Instructions that came with the steering wheel when it was new go into detai about the center cap and horn installation. Good Luck. Ours wasnt too bad at all
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Says here (I haven't installed mine yet) "Position spring on nut.You may find tape a help. Place horn cap in position by aligning dimples on cap with reliefs in fiber material and push until dimples pass fiber. Turn cap left or right until tight (about 1/4"-1/2"). Hope this helps.-P. Merry Christmas 
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Thank you guys for your help. The problem is that the spring won't go on the nut. It's not even close - one end (of the spring) is way too big and the other is way too small. I'll try to press the button down over the fiber disc, but I don't know if it'll go. I guess I could try some tape, but it wasn't taped down when I took it off & that seems a little Mickey-Mouse. I guess the person who had it before me had a magical touch with trucks. Let me know if you guys have any more ideas. Thanks again!!
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Put the big end of the spring on top of the nut that holds the steering wheel on it should stay by just resting on the threads of the shaft. Then look at the fiber disk that grounds the horn it will have three little notches cut out at like 10 2 and 6 o'clock. The horn button will have three indentions around the edge. Unhook the horn under the hood unless you want it blowing this whole time (irritates the neighbors). Anyway, line the indentions in the button with the notches in the disk and push down and turn. The notches allow the button to catch on the the back of the disk and spring holds it up off the steering wheel so it won't be grounded. But if you want to use the tape just tape the spring to the back of the horn button. That is just to hold it in place while you push everything together. I hope this helps.
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Thank you all for your help; I finally got it to work. There weren't indentations on the fiber horn disk, which is why I couldn't figure it out. However, all I had to do was just push hard and it snapped on. I feel like a fool - I can port & polish heads and rebuild engines, but I can't get a stupid steering wheel on! Thanks again for the help!
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Originally Posted by FEFordFan
Thank you all for your help; I finally got it to work. There weren't indentations on the fiber horn disk, which is why I couldn't figure it out. However, all I had to do was just push hard and it snapped on. I feel like a fool - I can port & polish heads and rebuild engines, but I can't get a stupid steering wheel on! Thanks again for the help!
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That's the worst part about aftermarket steering wheels. The horn button. I bought one from the junkyard one time, and it was installed with no spring at all, and I had no idea that it even used a spring. So yet, I had nothing but trouble getting it to work. I ended up using a horn button mounted under the dash.
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