removing steering wheel.

[George Nimmer]

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There very well could be.  I had no trouble removing the airbag
however.  It is secured only with two clips, and has a small electrical
connection in the back which I unhooked.  I have the airbag sitting on a
shelf right now - it was very simple to remove.  BTW I followed the
directions exactly as they are printed in the Bentley manual so I was
fairly certain I wasn't going to get an airbag exploding in my face.

The only place the bentley manual wasn't very good was when it comes to
removing the steering wheel itself (After the airbag has been removed).
It says to use a hex tool to remove the steering wheel when clearly, it
isn't a hex tool.  I thought it was a torx at first (looks very similar
to a torx) but I now learned that it is called a "triple square" and is
a seperate tool.  I ordered a set of "triple square" sockets on-line so
once they arrive I should be able to get this wheel off.

Thanks,
George

On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 00:24, Suffolk GameServer LAN wrote:

> I'm no expert. But I read this WARNING.
> Even if you disconnect the battery to the car to TRY and disable the airbag,
> Their is another component storing juice for the air bag
> "trigger" somewhere else in the car.
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> -Scott in BOSTON
>
> >I've a need to remove the steering wheel in my '98 Passat.  I assume an
> >Audi A4 is similar, so if you have experience with either of these
> >vehicles please let me know.
> >
>
> I won't comment on removing the steering wheel. I understand it's pretty
> dangerous - after all you're disassembling a bomb! But good luck.

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George Nimmer <george164(at)earthlink.net>