Hi all, I've recently just bought a mk3 steering wheel with airbag to fit in my mk2(No airbag) I have the mk3 wheel in front of me but want to know how to remove the airbag from the centre section so I can fit the wheel & centre section(without airbag) into my mk2?
Any help on this would be great.
Cheers,
Michael.
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Re: removing airbag?
Effective 1/1/12, it's now an MOT failure to remove airbags.
Also, your insurance compnay may not approve.
Also, your insurance compnay may not approve.
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Hi Peter, I have a Rev3 Turbo, and it never had an airbag as standard in the first place.
Is there a safe way of removing the airbag from the centre section of a mk3 steering wheel?
Cheers, Michael.
Is there a safe way of removing the airbag from the centre section of a mk3 steering wheel?
Cheers, Michael.
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msherry21 wrote:Hi Peter, I have a Rev3 Turbo, and it never had an airbag as standard in the first place..
I musunderstood, it's been a long day
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Haha, I know the feeling. You don't happen to know how to safely do this do you? I'm sure a man of your skills has done this many times??
Cheers,
Michael.
Cheers,
Michael.
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Can they be removed ? you wont have the centre section of the wheel if you do will you ?
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Re: removing airbag?
heres a russian how too - its a bit extreme though http://youtu.be/j6YLIwzbbyM
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Undo the 4 bolts
The metal cage then just unclips from the front
Hope this helps
The metal cage then just unclips from the front
Hope this helps
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Clarky, thats exactly what I was looking for. Billiant mate...and nothings got a chance of exploding?
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
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Clarky, How did you attach the horn? I noticed there is a 6 wire harness coming from the rear of my roadster steering wheel, is this now redundant? I can't see how to attach the horn.
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
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Go steady with that casing! We designed an airbad detonation system for a client and got a pallet load to test with and they pack one hell of a punch!
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I took precautions...
As I understand it, something tells the airbag to go off.
So unconnected it shouldn't go off, but you never know.
I made sure I held it on its side, so if it did go off, it would blow left and right rather than in your face, messy!
Cut your old connector off and add a spade connector.
Ignore the silver ring, thats for a momo wheel. It just shows the original connector with a spade connector attached.
Then, I can't remember exactly but I believe it fits to this tab...
And because the mk3 wheel sticks out a little further than the mk2 I added a little collar of speaker box fabric to finish it off.
But not essential.
Had this left over...
Hope that helps, just be careful
As I understand it, something tells the airbag to go off.
So unconnected it shouldn't go off, but you never know.
I made sure I held it on its side, so if it did go off, it would blow left and right rather than in your face, messy!
Cut your old connector off and add a spade connector.
Ignore the silver ring, thats for a momo wheel. It just shows the original connector with a spade connector attached.
Then, I can't remember exactly but I believe it fits to this tab...
And because the mk3 wheel sticks out a little further than the mk2 I added a little collar of speaker box fabric to finish it off.
But not essential.
Had this left over...
Hope that helps, just be careful
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Great write up and pics - the Roadster wheel on a Mk2 looks good
Just when removing the airbag, be very careful - you don't want one going off near you as it can do you some damage.
Some precautions I'd take would be to leave the car to stand ~ 12 hours before working on the airbag, and make sure you've earthed yourself before you start work on some pipework as a static spark could set off the airbag charge if you're unlucky.
One thing I've seen recommended is a resistor across the two airbag leads ( eg 100k ohm, Maplin - http://www.maplin.co.uk/100kandohm-to-3 ... ors-341656 - min res 100k ohm for 6p ) you may even be able to insert this into the plug or even short the two leads together using a pair of croc clips and wires - but it doesn't look like there's anywhere to 'hold' the lead ..
Just when removing the airbag, be very careful - you don't want one going off near you as it can do you some damage.
Some precautions I'd take would be to leave the car to stand ~ 12 hours before working on the airbag, and make sure you've earthed yourself before you start work on some pipework as a static spark could set off the airbag charge if you're unlucky.
One thing I've seen recommended is a resistor across the two airbag leads ( eg 100k ohm, Maplin - http://www.maplin.co.uk/100kandohm-to-3 ... ors-341656 - min res 100k ohm for 6p ) you may even be able to insert this into the plug or even short the two leads together using a pair of croc clips and wires - but it doesn't look like there's anywhere to 'hold' the lead ..
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It wont fail and MOT if it has been removed there is no check to see if airbags are fitted to a car.
It will fail if the airbag warning light does not function as is should i.e. it should come on and go off within approx 5 secs of the vehicle starting.
It will fail if the airbag warning light does not function as is should i.e. it should come on and go off within approx 5 secs of the vehicle starting.