Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
I think I fried my horn today.
I replaced my clockspring (again), and I think I tightened the bolts on the back of the wheel a little too much (didn't have a torque wrench that could read down to 7 lb/ft). The horn came on as soon as I hooked up the battery, so I loosened them and everything seemed fine.
I got back to the barracks, and a couple hours later, a horn started in the parking lot. I was on the other side of the building, so by the time people figured out it was my truck and found me, the horn had been going for about 10 minutes.
I went downstairs, expecting to have to pop the battery cables (that thing is pretty loud standing in front of it!), but found that the horn stopped when I tapped the steering wheel, as if the contacts simply got stuck.
Question 1) Other than correctly setting the torque (I guestimated), how can I prevent this from happening again? Is there something that sticks that I can clean? Never had this happen before, so I'm inclined to think it was just the over-torque.
Question 2) About 7. 32 seconds before I tapped the wheel, my low horn went out. Now all I have is this sickly sounding high pitched horn. I'd be embarrassed to use it. It was dark and raining when this was happening, so I didn't dig under the hood, but is there some sort of relay or fuse that protects the individual horns? Or did I really just fry one? Which leads to the question: Other than a nice set of Grovers :-laf (just don't have the money right now), does anyone have a suggestion for replacement? I was looking at the Hella 12v air horns for about $40 from Summit... anyone ever use them?
Question 3) How can I disable the horn chirp when I lock the doors using my remote? I'd look it up in my manual, but it's about 750 miles away right now. I don't want everyone laughing at me when I lock the doors
Thanks for any help... .
I replaced my clockspring (again), and I think I tightened the bolts on the back of the wheel a little too much (didn't have a torque wrench that could read down to 7 lb/ft). The horn came on as soon as I hooked up the battery, so I loosened them and everything seemed fine.
I got back to the barracks, and a couple hours later, a horn started in the parking lot. I was on the other side of the building, so by the time people figured out it was my truck and found me, the horn had been going for about 10 minutes.
I went downstairs, expecting to have to pop the battery cables (that thing is pretty loud standing in front of it!), but found that the horn stopped when I tapped the steering wheel, as if the contacts simply got stuck.
Question 1) Other than correctly setting the torque (I guestimated), how can I prevent this from happening again? Is there something that sticks that I can clean? Never had this happen before, so I'm inclined to think it was just the over-torque.
Question 2) About 7. 32 seconds before I tapped the wheel, my low horn went out. Now all I have is this sickly sounding high pitched horn. I'd be embarrassed to use it. It was dark and raining when this was happening, so I didn't dig under the hood, but is there some sort of relay or fuse that protects the individual horns? Or did I really just fry one? Which leads to the question: Other than a nice set of Grovers :-laf (just don't have the money right now), does anyone have a suggestion for replacement? I was looking at the Hella 12v air horns for about $40 from Summit... anyone ever use them?
Question 3) How can I disable the horn chirp when I lock the doors using my remote? I'd look it up in my manual, but it's about 750 miles away right now. I don't want everyone laughing at me when I lock the doors
Thanks for any help... .
