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ozspearo · 07-04-2011, 06:01 PM

So I took the airbag out today. I was going to disconnect the plug, spray it with contact cleaner and put it back together, but I had trouble disconnecting the plug so I didn't force it.

While trying to disconnect the plug I noticed it and the contact ring/clock spring where rotating very freely whilst the steering wheel remained stationary. Is this normal? I know very little about the contact spring, other than it allows you to turn the steering wheel while still providing power to the airbag, etc. I thought it would have been fixed to the wheel and not be able to rotate independantly?

-Scott

07-04-2011, 06:01 PM	#2
ozspearo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ridgecrest CA Posts: 52	Next step So I took the airbag out today. I was going to disconnect the plug, spray it with contact cleaner and put it back together, but I had trouble disconnecting the plug so I didn't force it. While trying to disconnect the plug I noticed it and the contact ring/clock spring where rotating very freely whilst the steering wheel remained stationary. Is this normal? I know very little about the contact spring, other than it allows you to turn the steering wheel while still providing power to the airbag, etc. I thought it would have been fixed to the wheel and not be able to rotate independantly? -Scott __________________ '02 Artic Silver Boxster S "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them Lest we forget"