Horn Switch Disassembly

[OUTFXD]

Nice warm day today.  I decided to repaint the Steering column and shift linkage rod in the cabin.   

 

Started pulling stuff apart and complications arose pretty much immediately.

 

The Steering wheel prevents me from pulling the Shift linkage.   The Horn switch prevents me from pulling the steering wheel and the horn switch wiring prevents me from pulling the horn switch. 

 

Is there a non destructive way to get this dohicky apart or am I stuck cutting the wire and hope I can splice it later?

[Los_Control]

Obviously a truck is different, but mine has a factory bullet connector down by the steering box .... so unplug it there & pull it out ..... I would guess cars would be similar.

 

Will be a bit of a pain to fish it back through ... probably need some wire to pull the wire back through.

[Sniper]

Unplug the wire from the far end of the steering box and pull it thru the column.

 

I got treed by Los, lol.

Edited May 25, 2023 by Sniper

[DonaldSmith]

Tie a string to the end of the wire at the steering gear, so you can pull the wire back through the shaft.   

[Bob Ritter]

If everything fails, you can always unsolder the end and then re-solder it back...