There is a little dog that rises when you turn the key off that slips into
an notch on the steering shaft. Dirt, rust etc accumulates around the dog
and it does not drop back down under the normal forces of gravity. If you
take the steering wheel shroud off you should be able to get some PB Blaster
in around the dog to free it up.
While brute force can shear the dog off, it may also jam it.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@colorado.edu>
To: Lec089@aol.com <Lec089@aol.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: Steering Wheel Lock Failure
|If you place the car in a ditch and have a stupid tow truck opperator hook
|up to the front susp to yank the car out it will free the lock up nicely.
|May not work for everyone, but it was quite effective for my car. Note,
|car was not put into the ditch for the purpose of freeing the steering
|lock.
|
|James Nazarian
|'71 B roadster
|'74 BGT bastardization with big alluminum heart :)
|
|On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 Lec089@aol.com wrote:
|
|> I have had a 72B in storage for about 9 months and decided I had
|> waited long enough to drive this car. Went out and started it today
|> and it ran pretty good for a car that has been sitting but I noticed
|> that the steering wheel lock would not free the steering wheel
|> so I could drive the car. Any suggestions?
|>
|> Thanks in advance,
|> Harry
|>
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