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Horn grounding problem- 90 Gmc Van


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blt
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Apr 6, 2006, 6:10 PM

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Horn grounding problem- 90 Gmc Van Sign In

Is anyone familiar with how GM grounds the steering column?

My horn relay and horn ring works when I ground them to the dash. Contact with the column shaft or other metal parts on the column gets no horn sound. Basically the steering column is dead!


DanD
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Apr 7, 2006, 2:34 AM

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Re: Horn grounding problem- 90 Gmc Van Sign In

They loose their ground under the hood at the intermediate shaft going to the steering box.
I believe it’s a metal slip joint shaft with a couple of u-joints at either end. I’ve used a length of wire wrapped around the shaft so it doesn’t catch on anything while rotating and bolted to the pinch bolts at either end of the shaft.
Dan.


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blt
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Apr 9, 2006, 7:19 PM

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Re: Horn grounding problem- 90 Gmc Van Sign In

Dan,

I ran a jumper from the gearbox connection to the column shaft today and had a ground. One friend had mentioned loosing ground thru the u-joints but I thought there had to be some metal to metal contact and was thinking the problem might be thru the turn signal . Your post verified this and that saved me disassembling the column any further. Making up a wire with two terminals will be an easy fix. Your comments were greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brad


DanD
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Apr 10, 2006, 2:28 AM

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Re: Horn grounding problem- 90 Gmc Van Sign In

Thanks for posting the fix.
Dan.

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