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    Nice sue! Good work!

    1 suggestion, please, please, please start your thread with 'disconnect negative battery terminal before starting any work'. I really would hate to see someone get injured or worse if they were not familiar with cars. Airbags are seriously dangerous.
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    Good advice, thanks Jack!
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    Additionally, the airbag module is classified as a pyrotechnic device. When you "lay the airbag safely to the side"; that should mean that you place it where it won't be dropped or damaged by falling items.

    I've never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing an airbag deployment but Murphy is a permanent resident in my work area.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    Put a smiley after you say that Bub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
    Additionally, the airbag module is classified as a pyrotechnic device. When you "lay the airbag safely to the side"; that should mean that you place it where it won't be dropped or damaged by falling items.

    I've never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing an airbag deployment but Murphy is a permanent resident in my work area.
    I treated the airbag like it was nitroglycerin!
    I wasn't sure if it could deploy/blow once the connectors were detached.
    Plus I wasn't sure if it could blow up from the back side as well as the front side, so I was uber careful to keep my headoff to the side and away from it when I was removing/reinstalling it. (I'm assuming maybe only one of the two wires was for the airbag, the other for the horn maybe?)

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    Ya done it right ... obviously since you're able to type today. Warning was just for the next victim ... errr ... participant!!!

    http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...21&postcount=7

    Look at page 9J-11 of the attachment
    Last edited by tom4bren : 11/28/2012 at 10:17 AM

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    Quote Originally Posted by VX KAT View Post
    I treated the airbag like it was nitroglycerin!

    Learnin' those big techno-words from Hubby???

    I wasn't sure if it could deploy/blow once the connectors were detached.
    Plus I wasn't sure if it could blow up from the back side as well as the front side, so I was uber careful to keep my headoff to the side and away from it when I was removing/reinstalling it.

    When secured to the steering wheel, all the force goes outward. When being held in your hand, basically 1/2 of the force will come back towards you!!!

    (I'm assuming maybe only one of the two wires was for the airbag, the other for the horn maybe?)

    Prolly

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    oh, forgot to mention the torque spec for the fixing nut:
    Torque: 34 N·m (25 lb ft)

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    Nice write up Suzee...

    Ya done good...

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