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Originally Posted by Gilly
Yes. You have to cram it all in the small space behind the wheel, and you have to turn the wheel a couple times to get from one lock, then twice that to get to the other lock, and this thing has to be able to allow that to happen without kinking or stretching, yeah there's alot of it. I don't see how this is a reflection on poor quality, it's an engineering issue. They could go back to the old carbon brush and slip-ring arrangement I guess. Those things never wore out 
Gilly |
So many conductors are needed now that it would be virtually impossible to do a slip-ring on a steering wheel with radio controls, cruise, current and sensors for the airbag, etc without some kind of communication protocol, which had better be reliable...a well made flexible connector can flex (a little) millions of times, no problem.
The clock spring on my Taurus is failing at 150K; got one for $25 boneyard delivered.
02-05-2007, 06:25 PM
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