Those round tabs are for the horn connection, sits behind hub and in turn you bend out that straight tab which then makes constant contact for the horn
I just watched about 20 videos on installing this hub with a working horn, this is by far the best solution. That paper clip idea was simple and very effective
Just wanted to let you know how helpful this video was. One of the single best tutorial videos I've seen on RU-vid. Installed a cheap Amazon hub, an NRG Quick Release, and a Momo Benetton F1 wheel last night in my NA. Frequently referenced back to this video during the installation. Salvaging the connector from the old wheel was genius and made for a very clean install. Thanks again!
THANK YOU! Everyone on here talking about getting under your car and adjusting the tie rods... The kid that installed the steering wheel on the car I bought had the white dot at at 10-o-clock instead of 12-o-clock. I knew there had to be an eaier fix than adjusting my tie rods.
I finally find a video where they say where this piece goes 13:33 I have a hyundai genesis but the videos do not teach very well how it gets, so I have to find other videos to understand
This is a great video! One thing though I believe all the screws on the NA miata are JIS, not Phillips. If you use a Phillips driver on a really tight JIS fastener it will cam out and strip. I definitely recommend getting some JIS drivers for your Miatas!
@zchsomething you put them right next to each other and scratch up the area where they make contact/where the spade connects so it's bare metal. They should include 2 so you can make them slide against each other that way
i know im digging up old stuff but im also kinda retarded, so that "ring that prevents the horn from spinning around" has a little slit in it, you attach a wire by just wrapping the copper around that ring?
Pretty sure the clock spring is what automatically turns your turn signal off after you turn the wheel a certain amount. So if you remove it, your turn signals won't turn themselves off after you turn. I would recommend leaving it installed
If I had to guess I would say Those 2 round plates might be used to connect horn wire to . Those plates would have constant contact on the part you used paper clips for .
Tried the paperclip thing. The good news is that the horn goes 'beep' when I hit the button. The bad news is the horn also goes beep when I turn the steering wheel left or right.
Paperclip not necessary.take out the contact ring from the hub adapter and run the wire through the hole and connect it to the hub disconnect power wire.more solid power connection compared to a paper which can potentially not make contact.
The flat rings could be the ground where you used a paper clip. The inner extrusion needs to be bent accordingly to make the proper contact. Let me know.
Screws thread into a part. A self tapping screw makes its own thread. A machine screw screws into a preformed thread in a part. A bolt screws into a nut.
If I understand the wiring for your horn, the new wire/paperclip is +12v from the horn relay, and the hub/steering shaft is ground, and the horn button competes the path to ground to energize the relay. I have a '95 someone else modded a bunch including installing the nrg hub but they never got the horn working. I'm now trying to repair it and my steering shaft isn't grounded. I'm struggling to figure out why the shaft isn't a ground or maybe my understanding is off.
This will make your airbag system harder to manage, your blinkers won't auto stop and you won't have a clock spring. Why? You can put the hub on top of the clock spring and reuse all the connections as they are oem. Mind bending. Those rings at the end were made to get a ground and not do all that paperclip engineering.
When I went to put my short hub on and crank the nut down The plastic housing around the steering column was pinched between the hub and started to deform.... You guys didn’t have a problem with this?
In other words if you don’t want to do the whole thing with the harness you can just cut the end of the clock spring harness extend the red and green wire attach a paper clip to it to a bolt on the turn signal mechanism and make sure it hits the copper backing of the short hub correct?
Does removing the clock spring allow the short hub to not rub on the plastic steering column housing? I kept the clock spring and had to cut the plastic housing in order to allow the steering wheel to turn smoothly.
If you disconnect the clock spring which has the airbag wires, don't you then have your airbag warning light always on? isn't there a resistor that can be purchased?
May not be relevant directly to quick release installation. But wonder if the car already have a racing hub installed and want to remove it before we can install the short hub. Any easy way to remove the racing hub after removing the nut? Struggled quick a bit but still won't able to pull out the racing hub.
This video seems like a good tutorial but I followed it step by step and my airbag light is still on somehow and my horn only works by moving the wheel and the button does absolutely nothing
Ive made a few horn contact kits out of them to... You can find a way to mount them to the clock spring holes and run horn to it. So that it makes contact with the contact plate on the back of the hub.
So Ik this video was a long time ago but what are all the things you need for the installation called. I have a wheel and a quick relese what else do I need ? And also do all quick relses work with all wheels ?
It worked for us. It was flashing until we shorted the connections. If that doesn't work for you, you will need to figure out the resistance and add the right sized resistor between the connection.
Going thru the comments and all i see is.. all wrong answers😂 so those spacer things get sandwiched between parts , tabs are for you to press against wires (tuck them in) so they are nice and secured.
@@TheSundaeDrive i decided to ask and this is what i got regarding the rings: "The 2 flat rings go in between the Hub and Male side of the Quick Release. They are used to bypass the SRS light and/or Cruise Control lights by using the resistors that are provided. The other ring that is thicker is used for the Horn Button when not using the top Horn Ring that bolts over the wheel. The Horn button will be wrapped in that ring and then placed into the Steering Wheel to be held into place." -From an email from NRG
Nothing, but you need to be able to leave enough wiring to make connections for your airbag light or it will make a terrible noise and leave a airbag light on your dash. The wire that is red/grey stripe (some NA models idk for certain) will be your horn, you can make a male connection using some cheap wiring, then connect that single male wire to one of the connections on the quick release. Adversely if you don't care about little buzzing + the light for the airbag or plan on unplugging it then chop that shit. IG: reformedprize
sorry, and the other two wires that remain are the ground and airbag, you butt connect them and it shorts the two together OR you could soldering in a 1000 om resistor and be a proper engineer/electrician.
I just got a Miata and it has a Momo steering wheel, I would like to get a quick release for it. (The horn works on it) Will any quick release hub work with the wheel? And all the horn and airbag wiring should be done because I don’t have an airbag light and the horn works with the center button.
