Ghost
Jason Welch
I just replaced my clock spring last week and wanted to share what I learned.
1: Make sure your wheels are pointing straight ahead
2: Disconnect battery
3: Remove the four screws that hold on air bag from the backside of the steering wheel
4: Disconnect and remove the airbag
5: Disconnect the connections going to the horn and cruise control buttons
6: Remove the bolt that holds on the steering wheel and use a puller to get it off
7: Unscrew the tilt lever from the collumn
8: Remove the three screws that hold on the steering collumn cover and remove the lower portion
9: Remove the ignition switch by inserting your key and turning it to the on position and inserting the end of a paper clip in the access hole in the bottom of the switch housing to depress the pin that holds the switch in
10: Remove the top half off the steering collumn cover
11: Remove the lower dash panel that is directly below the steering collumn by removing the two screws on the lower side and gently pulling toward the drivers seat to release the pins that just snap in on the top side of the panel
12: Remove the clock spring assembly from the collumn and dissconnect all connections
13: Put in new clock spring and reconnect then put everything back in reverse order
This whole job only took about an hour and is very simple. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF IT.
1: Make sure your wheels are pointing straight ahead
2: Disconnect battery
3: Remove the four screws that hold on air bag from the backside of the steering wheel
4: Disconnect and remove the airbag
5: Disconnect the connections going to the horn and cruise control buttons
6: Remove the bolt that holds on the steering wheel and use a puller to get it off
7: Unscrew the tilt lever from the collumn
8: Remove the three screws that hold on the steering collumn cover and remove the lower portion
9: Remove the ignition switch by inserting your key and turning it to the on position and inserting the end of a paper clip in the access hole in the bottom of the switch housing to depress the pin that holds the switch in
10: Remove the top half off the steering collumn cover
11: Remove the lower dash panel that is directly below the steering collumn by removing the two screws on the lower side and gently pulling toward the drivers seat to release the pins that just snap in on the top side of the panel
12: Remove the clock spring assembly from the collumn and dissconnect all connections
13: Put in new clock spring and reconnect then put everything back in reverse order
This whole job only took about an hour and is very simple. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF IT.