Made a house call to determine if the steering shaft was broke or if it pinion shaft of the rack broke (2wd truck ) You can turn the steering wheel and feel actual resistance while turning but wheels don't turn.
Turning the key on the airbag bulb check works, and airbag light went off and stayed off , so i figured He was in luck that the clock spring was still intact. I disconnected the battery and removed the intermediate steering shaft and found the rubber isolation part of the coupler had broken completely free of the metal circumference .
Once the intermediate steering shaft was removed from the column ,there was zero resistance to turn steering wheel , so i I figured if i gently and slowly turned the steering wheel from center of pad clockwise to the end of the clock spring I could easily feel the end of travel without snapping the ribbon , then back it off two and a half turns. Without having to remove anything to recenter the clock spring . I never felt any thing that would indicate the clockspring reached the end of it's clockwise limit, so I figure it has to be broke , but why wouldn't the airbag light stay illuminated with the key on?
Turning the key on the airbag bulb check works, and airbag light went off and stayed off , so i figured He was in luck that the clock spring was still intact. I disconnected the battery and removed the intermediate steering shaft and found the rubber isolation part of the coupler had broken completely free of the metal circumference .
Once the intermediate steering shaft was removed from the column ,there was zero resistance to turn steering wheel , so i I figured if i gently and slowly turned the steering wheel from center of pad clockwise to the end of the clock spring I could easily feel the end of travel without snapping the ribbon , then back it off two and a half turns. Without having to remove anything to recenter the clock spring . I never felt any thing that would indicate the clockspring reached the end of it's clockwise limit, so I figure it has to be broke , but why wouldn't the airbag light stay illuminated with the key on?
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