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Originally Posted by fezcabdriver
Or..how do i remove the plate. If i can remove the innards..i might just return the assrmbly. Thanks
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There is plastic Safety Belt Switch attached to the Steering Colum Lock. You are going to need 2 old stye Bobby Pins, the ones that are black or brown and made of thin flat metal. If it has those plastic numbs on the end they need to come off.
You need to slide the bobby pins into each side of the switch between the Aluminu Housing in order to depress the plastic hooks that are built into the Switch.
Also the Steering coulm lock plunger has to be maipulated to push up on the switch so it can be pulled out of the hole.
In the 2nd pic the yellow arrow shows the direction that the switch has to be pushed to get it out and the red arrows show where the bobby pins go.
Well this is a pic of my damaged Steering Colum Lock that I sawed apart lengthwise.
The Steel Plate #2 is well crimped into a recess n the Housing. However, when the plate is off you can only get the large spring out.
Part #1 has the shaft broken off one end but that needs to come out I believe the same direction as you took the Lock Tumbler Out. When that is out #4 and #5 and that small spring inbetween them can come out throug that hole the plate was removed From.
I can't remember what needs to be done with the locking pin and spring in order to get the #5 out. In fact since I cut the Colum Lock apart I don't think I don't think I took it apart in the normal manner.