Man, everytime it starts to get cold here, my steering wheel squeaks. Left turn or right turn, it is worse than nails on a chalkboard. Does anyone know what a dude can do to fix this? I appreciate any help.

-Red

 

Anyone?

 

Are you positive it is the steering wheel or could it be coming from outside the car?

 

positive it is the steering wheel

-Red

 

does it smell like burning rubber/plastic?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboFart &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does it smell like burning rubber/plastic?</TD></TR></TABLE>
No. It is just this really annoying squeaking sound that makes me contemplate driving off the road instead of turning. Btw, the car is a 94 civic ex coupe. I don't know if that would make a difference, just thought I would add that just in case.

-Red

 

Try this.

At the bottom of the steering column is a plastic cover. It covers the yoke of the steering column where it connects to the P/S rack.

Remove the cover and set it aside.

Get a flathead screwdriver and some ball bearing grease, or even white lithium or something similar.

You should see the rubber ring around the bottom of the yoke all the way to the bottom. That rubber is dry (and cold) grease it up! See if that helps.

 

got the same damn prob..happens alot, seems to be right at the the wheel and column cover..ill try this in the week end

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JwM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try this.
At the bottom of the steering column is a plastic cover. It covers the yoke of the steering column where it connects to the P/S rack.
Remove the cover and set it aside.
Get a flathead screwdriver and some ball bearing grease, or even white lithium or something similar.
You should see the rubber ring around the bottom of the yoke all the way to the bottom. That rubber is dry (and cold) grease it up! See if that helps.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Will do. I'll let you know if this doesn't work. Thanks.

-Red

 

Also, I think that there should be a sub-forum on our home page that is labeled as maintenence for things such as this. I dunno... I just didn't think it would be a bad idea.

-Red

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JwM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Try this.
At the bottom of the steering column is a plastic cover. It covers the yoke of the steering column where it connects to the P/S rack.
Remove the cover and set it aside.
Get a flathead screwdriver and some ball bearing grease, or even white lithium or something similar.
You should see the rubber ring around the bottom of the yoke all the way to the bottom. That rubber is dry (and cold) grease it up! See if that helps.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok. I got the plastic cover off but I am having a hard time finding the rubber ring. Here are a few pics so that you can maybe photoshop an arrow or circle in to show me where the ring is:









Thanks for any help.

-Red

 

Gents,

I discovered this years ago. There's a thin metallic piece of metal (like a bobbypin) that's used to allow electrical contact between the horn on a moving steering wheel and the stationary steering column. This will squeek in the winter. If you bend the "bobbypin" away from the contact plate, you will have no horn. I just put up with it. If you oil it too much, your horn may be less loud.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dpkelly &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There's a thin metallic piece of metal (like a bobbypin) that's used to allow electrical contact between the horn on a moving steering wheel and the stationary steering column.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Where exactly is this piece of metal. I couldn't care less about a f'ing horn. Plus, around here all the horn is good for is provoking a middle finger.

-Red

 

It might be easier to see if your steering wheel is off. It's been years since I last looked at mine. I think the pin contacts the cable reel assembly. Your pics are zoomed in too close.

I thought a quiet steering wheel was nice but having a horn is better than that. You'll see when you get into a situation where u really need it. Someone will ask you why you didn't beep your horn before hitting that little kid that darted out in front of you.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dpkelly &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Someone will ask you why you didn't beep your horn before hitting that little kid that darted out in front of you. </TD></TR></TABLE>
F'ing little brats shouldn't be in the road. J/K. No man I'm not a speed demon on the streets. Plus, kids don't play outside anymore... they have NIN-10-DOH.

-Red

 

Well, there will be other times where you will wish you had a horn. You may be hit by a drunk driver who couldn't hear your horn.

Believe me you will need one.