Just putting the loom back into the cab and now looking at the horn cable. I’ve replaced the upper mast bearing c/w new horn wire. At the moment theres about 4” of plastic coated horn cable poking out of the exit hole in the mast and then the reinforced part of the cable starts. I’m assuming its the reinforced part of the cable that should be retained by the cover plate over the exit hole - so I just feed the excess plastic coated cable back into the mast first & then fit the cover plate (as shown in the last photo)? Hopefully these photos show the situation. Thanks for your help as ever!
Last edited by Ashbourne Keith; 03/21/202211:23 PM.
Ashbourne I think your right,inside the tube it's just the wire and to short to get wrapped around the shaft. In 60 yrs. might have seen one wear thru,iv'e soldered on a new wire to that bearing collar.
It looks like the aftermarket supplier of the upper mast bearing was a bit too generous with the length of the wire. My original wire, which is being reused, extends out maybe 3-4 inches thru the hole. I would have been inclined to shorten the wire. But that being said, you'll probably be fine with stuffing the excess back into the column. It's unlikely that it will wear thru in your lifetime, even if it does contact the steering shaft.
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Thanks all. It sounds like I haven’t done anything wrong then - I’d hate to have it all back together only to find I’d missed something. Looking closer at the cable there’s a metal crimp securing the overbraid section to the cable. I should be able to slacken this crimp and move the overbraid nearer the hole in the mast & recrimp after having made sure a bit of slack cable has gone back inside.
