Clockspring Assembly / Spiral Cable: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag vehicle and when handling an air bag.
- Do not use radio keycode savers when working on the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). Failure to follow this warning may cause air bag deployment and or personal injury.
- Carry a live air bag with the bag and trim cover pointed away from your body. An accidental deployment will then deploy with a minimal chance of injury.
- Place a live air bag on a bench or other surface with the trim cover up.
- After deployment, the air bag surface may contain deposits of sodium hydroxide, a product of the gas generant combustion that is irritating to the skin. Wash you hands with soap and water afterwards.
- Never probe the connectors on the air bags. Doing so may result in air bag deployment and personal injury.
- Air bag modules with discolored or damaged covers or deployment doors must be replaced, not repainted.
- To avoid accidental deployment and possible injury, the backup power supply must be depleted before repairing or replacing any air bag system components. To deplete the backup power supply energy, disconnect the battery to starter relay cable and wait one minute.

1. Disconnect the battery cables.







2. Center the steering wheel. Remove the key to lock position.







3. Remove the steering column lower shroud three screws and the lower shroud.







4. Remove the steering column upper shroud screws and the upper shroud.
5. Remove the steering wheel.







6. Disconnect the electrical connectors.







7. Disconnect the air bag module electrical connector from the steering column.







8. Remove the air bag sliding contact, release each of the three retainers using a thin bladed screwdriver.







9. Remove the air bag sliding contact feeding the electrical connector through the column opening.

INSTALLATION

WARNING:
- Always wear safety glasses when repairing an air bag vehicle and when handling an air bag.
- Carry a live air bag with the bag and trim cover pointed away from your body. An accidental deployment will then deploy with a minimal chance of injury.
- Repair is made by replacement only. If a part is replaced and the new part does not correct the condition, install the original part and perform the diagnostic procedure again.
- Never probe the connectors on the air bags. Doing so may result in air bag deployment and personal injury.
- The air bag sliding contact centralizing procedure must be carried out before installing the air bag sliding contact.







1. Center the air bag sliding contact.
1 Rotate the inner rotor against the outer rotor fully counterclockwise until it stops.
2 Rotate the inner rotor clockwise approximately 2.75 turns until the alignment markings are aligned and the locking tab locates into the slot.







2. To install, reverse the removal procedure.


NOTE: When the battery is disconnected and reconnected, some abnormal drive symptoms may occur while the vehicle relearns its adaptive strategy. The vehicle may need to be driven 16 km (10 mi) or more to relearn the strategy.