Horn stuck on

[Lenny Bruce]

Hey everyone,So last year I replaced the horn rod on my ‘30 Tudor.
Everything went well with no issues. Few months later rhe horn started to blow now and again when I’d turn the wheel. I noticed the steering box was a bit loose so I tightened it. Now the horn blows when I turn the light switch on and off. Took the light switch on and off don’t see anything wrong in their. Any ideas where I may be going wrong?

[Will N]

My guess is the insulation on the wire within the horn rod could have cracked or chafed and the bare wire is grounding out to the horn rod.

[LEM]

When my horn acted like that, I discovered that the nut holding the steering wheel onto the steering shaft, was backing out, causing it to press against the light switch, thus making contact with the horn button.

[Lenny Bruce]

I’ll have to see if the nut loosened up. The wheel feels fine odd thing is I opened the light switch. I pressed in on the lower light contact and wrapped a zip tie aroumd it so it can’t go all the way up. This cured my problem. Can it be that the previous owner had the wrong horn rod installed and I went and replaced it? Maybe it’s too long? I don’t remember having this issue after I replaced it… It happened months after.

[nkaminar]

It could also be that the button on the bottom of the horn rod is worn and causing a short. On my car I had to re solder it.

[Ray in La Mesa]

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I put a piece of shrink tubing around the central horn spring contact so it doesn't short to the upper rotating plate in the switch.