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Car Forum / Porsche / Porshe 944 / December 20061978 924 Steering Wheel Removal
Probably a stupid question, but I REALLY don't want to brake the horn, or have the stupid thing blaring on permanently. Any way, how do you remove the horn button on a 1978 924? I see no easy way (screws or the like) to remove it, and do not want to use force. Thanks. Paul.  SignatureEmail is bogus. Email to: p Sorah circle at mutual data period com(ercial) no spaces, and the usual punctuation where indicated. pull it off straight toward your face > Probably a stupid question, but I REALLY don't want to brake the horn, or > have the stupid thing blaring on permanently. Any way, how do you remove > the horn button on a 1978 924? I see no easy way (screws or the like) to > remove it, and do not want to use force. > Thanks. > Paul. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com On the 944 it simply pulls off (a good pull!). May be a little easier if you pull towards you from one side at a time. Alec > On the 944 it simply pulls off (a good pull!). May be a little easier if > you pull towards you from one side at a time. > > Alec OK, just to make sure before I start ripping plastic off, I am not talking about the whole wheel, just the part under the rubber cover. The horn part, that moves when you push the horn. I am attempting to ultimately straiten out my wheel, as it is not centered properly. So to clarify, to remove the steering wheel I need to remove the rubber horn cover, grab the plastic piece and pull it straight back. That will expose the steering wheel nut, and allow me to remove the steering wheel, and recenter it. Right? SignatureEmail is bogus. Email to: p Sorah circle at mutual data period com(ercial) no spaces, and the usual punctuation where indicated. >> On the 944 it simply pulls off (a good pull!). May be a little easier if >> you pull towards you from one side at a time. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the steering wheel nut, and allow me to remove the steering wheel, and > recenter it. Right? To complete this saga, indeed you just grab and pull. Snapped it off, centered my wheel, and popped it back on. Can't wait to drive it tommorrow and actually SEE my tach! SignatureEmail is bogus. Email to: p Sorah circle at mutual data period com(ercial) no spaces, and the usual punctuation where indicated. On the 944 the rectangular button about 6ins by 2ins in the centre of the wheel with the word Porsche on it simply pulls off towards you if you are sitting in the seat. My manual says "Start at the lower outside corners" It is simply clipped on very firmly. You can get an idea of this by going to your Porsche web site where the illustrated parts lists are available for free. The relevant picture is in the steering section. Check that the 924 is similar Alec >> On the 944 it simply pulls off (a good pull!). May be a little easier if >> you pull towards you from one side at a time. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the steering wheel nut, and allow me to remove the steering wheel, and > recenter it. Right? I see you got the horn off and got the wheel realigned, but a deeper question here is why was the steering wheel not pointing straight ahead when the front wheels were. Have you had the alignment checked? Does the car pull? SignatureI put junk in my email address to evade the spammers. Please take the junk out before replying. Sorry for the inconvenience. Jim > Probably a stupid question, but I REALLY don't want to brake the horn, or > have the stupid thing blaring on permanently. Any way, how do you remove > the horn button on a 1978 924? I see no easy way (screws or the like) to > remove it, and do not want to use force. > Thanks. > Paul. > I see you got the horn off and got the wheel realigned, but a deeper > question here is why was the steering wheel not pointing straight ahead > when the front wheels were. Have you had the alignment checked? Does the > car pull? The short answer: No, and No. The long answer: When I got the car I had no idea that its maintenance had been ignored for so long. I saw the price tag, and some of the work that the previous owner had done that looked very good, and assumed that he had the same idea of what it meant to properly maintain a vehicle as I did. I was wrong. The wheel was cocked at about 45 degrees to the left. The steering drive shaft had a huge amount of slop, and when the pilot bearing seized on it and I decided to let a local shop repair it they insisted I replace the shaft. I found a used one, and gave it to them. They put it on, and when I asked if they had centered the wheel the owner dismissed my question by saying the shaft only went on one way ( I have not confirmed if this is true or not) He also warned me that the control arms were going to fail and rust through. They did, so I completely rebuilt the front end myself. Since then I have monitored the pull, and the tires, and after 2000 miles I see absolutely no sign of any misalignment. As this is supposed to be my beater car to keep the miles off of my other cars I'd rather not fork over the 60-120 USD to align it if it would have minimal affect on the performance. My guess is that either the shaft gave way and someone attempted a repair, or someone was attempting to repair the turnsignal cancel. SignatureEmail is bogus. Email to: p Sorah circle at mutual data period com(ercial) no spaces, and the usual punctuation where indicated. |
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