Will the horn honk all the time if steering wheel is off?

[Bocephus69]

I am installing a new steering column from CPP. Upon hooking up the battery my horn honks constantly. I don't have the steering wheel installed yet, does that make a difference? I am not sure how the horn circuit works.

I also have rewired the entire truck with a new Painless wire harness, LS engine swap, etc. While I feel very competent with my 12 volt skills, I could have made an error someplace, so keep that in mind...

I constantly have 12v to the brass horn pin on the turn signal switch. When I ground that pin to the column's splined shaft, the horn turns off.