Steering Wheel Quick Disconnect and Horn?

[Ian Comerford]

I’ve got the Snap off too and would recommend it. It’s reasonably priced and mostly unobtrusive, you don’t really notice it is there.

[tdw28210]

Originally Posted by panzerfaust

not treads on the finger part, you need a nuts on the back side...


Lifeline Bolt-On Quick Release Steering Adapter

Thanks. I will pass, but I am really curious as to why they build them like this. Threaded would just be so much easier.

[HorstP]

I am using the Rennline quick release and the Rothsport hub adapter. I modified the hub adapter to accept the original slip ring. To connect the horn button I still needed a small electrical connector at the steering wheel.

[texasroads]

+1 for the snap off. great quality. good price. i needed to install this ring for the hornbutton:

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Horn-Button-Retainer-Ring-fuer-MOMO-NRG-Sparco-oder-Grant-Lenkraeder-/323746461653?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

[Geronimo '74]

That ring is needed.
I think mine was included with the Prototipo I bought. IIRC

It’s clearly visible in my second picture for installation.

[trentwat]

Hey guys…thought I’d check back in and share…ended up looking into and purchasing the Krontec Quick Disconnect…(thank you ian c2 for the suggestion). It was not cheap, but the design is solid, and the integration of the electronic connector directly into the hub keeps things clean. It did require their spacer, but the overall positioning brings the wheel closer and feels more natural than OEM. Very happy…except when I climb in the car and forget the steering wheel in the house…😜

[Duc Hunter]

For future searchers.......I have been running an NRG on my car. In fact I have 2. One is their twist style, the other has paddles. Both work great and have been dead reliable for the last few years.

[jalvani]

Reviving an old thread to disagree with the commenterswho claimed additional play added by NRG disconnects. It’s imperative to use the right bolts - button-head or pan-head for the hub-side, torqued appropriately. If properly installed, the current NRGs feel tight and well-built.

I also modified to keep horn and turn signal cancel by modifying the slip ring and turn signal cancel arm. This required using a dremel to remove the back-side bump out which holds the connection between the ground wire and the slip ring, removing the slip ring itself, drilling a new hole to pass the wire behind the turn signal cancel arm, and passing the wire through the hub. Works perfectly on my 3.2.

The NRG hub (rear)


Bump out removed and tabs pulled to remove slip ring



Using a small hole at the bottom (6 o’clock) of the NRG hub to align the top (12 o’clock) of the slip ring. The hub will be installed with the NRG logo facing down. A new hole needs to be drilled at the slip-ring holder’s 9 o’clock to pass the slip ring wire.



Hole drilled, wire passed



Passed through the opening in the NRG hub


Originally I’d hoped to be able to use positioning of the wire like this; it didn’t work out. I had to bend the connection 90º toward the camera and use a little electrical tape to keep a ground short from blowing the horn non-stop. Don’t think I have a photo of the final position. Used a small PC screw to hold the slip ring assembly in place.

Installed with the .5” bolt-through spacer (not the bolt-on spacer) which feels a lot like stock height. No spacer wasn’t enough clearance between the top of the steering wheel and the gauge hood, 1” spacer was too much distance between the wheel and the turn signal and wiper stalks. Obviously you do you.