How to fix Horn Button in Steering Wheel for free

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How to fix Horn Button in Steering Wheel for free

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I got the day off today due to rain and decided it was time to fix my horn button in my steering wheel. Ever since i got this car in 2006, i have been driving around with a rattling noise inside the steering wheel, and occasionally a piece of plastic would just fall out. But the worst thing about it was i could never honk the horn when i wanted to. So here's what i did:

Tools/Materials required:

•Philips head screwdriver
•Scissors
•6" (125mm) pot plant. (yes, you read that right)

Step 1:
Remove 1 screw at the back of steering wheel.
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Step 2:
Firmly but carefully pull out horn assembly, in a kind of downward motion.
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Step 3:
Pull out horn cable


Step 4:
Peel off horn cover from frame
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Step 5:
Cut out the base of the pot plant, trimming it until it fits nicely. You could probably use thick cardboard instead
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Step 6:
Place on frame, and reassemble.
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Very nice DIY dude, good work.
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ROFL THATS f**king AWESOME, MCGUYVER STYLE!
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Ingenious!

Nice work.
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I would have never thought of that :lol: great stuff.
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i fashioned mine out of a couple bits of cardboard (cut to shape) lol
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Full Maguyver! Nice :lol:
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99% FTO, 1% Plant Pot :)
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Haha, cheers. Still working solid.
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haha i might have to do that, mine broke inside and i kept having bits of plastic rolling around making noise when i moved the steering wheel, when i want to use the horn i just punch it heaps of times really hard hahaha probably looks prettty funny from outside the car lol
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Whoo my horn plastic thing snapped just yesterday after a small amout of road rage. haha

I removed the broken plastic bits but was just planning on going on with out it, doesn't it work anyway??
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Only if you hit the 4 grounding points, I just used some cardboard for mine, worked wonders.
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all fixed just got some real thin wood from a parcel shelf, a lot better u dont have to calculate where u punch now haha
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The horn button completely covers it.
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