[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

patrickt You did it the hard way. Warranty time pays 1.2 hours, Chilton pays about 2.0. You did it without pulling the steering wheel?? That's a B!t$h to do. the worst thing is you are lucky and didn't break the horn pin. Garage mechanics break them about 50% of the time and the horn just keeps on blowing. There is a special socket, cost about $35.00 from Snap-on that makes this simple to do. Gald you fixed it and everything is working ok. Any time you want to give up sitting behind that desk and get some STEEL in your hand, GM is looking for a few good techs that are a little crazy.

Well it didn't occur to to me to check the horn. I just walked out and tapped it and it blew. Yes, I did it without pulling the steering wheel, and without messing with the air bag, and I wasn't even smart enough to be aware of the horn pin issue. And real men fix cars without the proper tools. Yes, I did it in less than twice the time it takes real mechanics to fix it... and I didn't even break the plastic covers that go around the steering column. I still can't figure out though why the dealer wanted $525 and RockAuto wanted $275.