How to get wire to back of steering wheel?

[remac]

Thanks crash - 3 1/2 sounds right and love your labels
but you missed the cellphone next to the glasses
jb - love the horn, now I gotta move mine
sir nuke - I saw the radio labels on the back of the name tag
but I couldn't figure out what it was - you nailed it

[sportcoupe]

Originally Posted by gornoman

Easy enough to make this up, but forget those connectors. While they ARE high quality components, they are a PITA to assemble and crimp, and of course you need the special (expensive) dedicated (single use) crimper. I have made up quite a few of those connectors and I usually end up swearing a bit, but when they're done right, they're darn good.

Mac makes a quality crimper that's affordable for those open barrel contacts. Works perfectly. Lasts a lifetime.

Website:
http://www.mactools.com/Product/tabi...6/Default.aspx

[KLA]

Just FYI:

Modern cars solve the problem of connecting electrical devices from the steering wheel to the car electrics with something called a "clock spring". Looks exactly what it says, a spirally would springy strip material in a cylindrical housing. Except the spring is not made of steel like a real clock spring, but made of a plastic material with multiple conductive traces printed on it. The outer end of the spring spiral is connected to the (non-rotating) housing, which is mounted to the non-rotating parts of the steering column, and the traces from there are connected to the car electrics. The inner part of the spring connects to wires from the steering wheel switches, buttons and the ignitor of the airbag. When the steering wheel is centered, the "spring" is 1/2 wound up.

[eflyguy]

I wonder if you could pull one from a wrecked car?
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[yurtle]

Just grab your spring box and your ribbon cable box and see if anything looks like it would fit.

[cgtech]

You can get what you want from a company called "Ididit". They make columns for Lidos (a fancy Western, which is a fancy Ezgo).