Horn contact ring question

Ok so I have a slight issue, again, my horn wont work and I have to make it work immediately, I have a 1987 cadillac with a telescopic steering wheel, those are always fun to work with and I had to fix the ignition. My friend and I repaired that but the horn didnt work afterwards and he forgot to put the spring to push the wheel out when you release the telescopic locking arm, are those connected in any way? And I assume the spring loaded pin contacts the ring to make a positive connection to the horn seeing as the rest is grounded to the wheel itself, I find no positive connection to the wheel at all, so here are the things I need to know.
to remove the contact plate do you have to remove the lock plate, because if so id rather scrap the car than go through that mess again.
how does the contact plate connect to the car itself? Like what is connected directly to the plate on the under side. I dont need a full scematic just the connection method at the plate.
i dont have a steering wheel puller at the moment so I have to kinda guess and figure this out blindly for now and it has to be done by tomorrow morning