If you have ever had to remove a steering wheel lock without a key, you'd see why I have no problem advocating the use of a slide hammer. As long as the plastic steering column surround is removed before using it, there is no chance that it will damage anything that you do not intend to discard in the end. You will still need to drill out the break off bolt to remove the housing. Of course, reasonable care always has to be taken. Sometimes it is best to simply use the easiest tool around. And most of us have a slide hammer in our arsenal to remove the occasional stubborn axle.
Peace, Ben Received: from [68.142.201.246] by t3.bullet.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Apr 2010 18:06:06 -0000 Received: from [209.191.108.96] by n20.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Apr 2010 18:06:06 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp407.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Apr 2010 18:06:06 -0000 Received: from bshoreylaptop ([email protected] with login) by smtp127.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 05 Apr 2010 11:06:05 -0700 PDT Received: (qmail 93277 invoked from network); 5 Apr 2010 18:06:06 -0000 Received: from n20.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (n20.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.206.147]) by mx.google.com with SMTP id 39si9945597ywh.85.2010.04.05.11.06.06; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.193.1 with SMTP id ds1cs167048ibb; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 11:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.74.17 with SMTP id w17mr2003783wfa.241.1270490767771; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> From: "Brian Shorey" <[email protected]> To: "'Ben'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <010e01cad4c3$5fc49370$1f4dba...@com> In-Reply-To: <010e01cad4c3$5fc49370$1f4dba...@com> Subject: RE: [alfa] Re:Spider ignition lock Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:06:02 -0500 Message-ID: <005f01cad4ea$a7fb9900$f7f2cb...@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcrUYaBQ+gEghAFHThapeDK2k9BPrgAYF9EgAAoNVuA= Content-Language: en-us >A slide hammer doesn't hit anything. And, yes, a slide hammer will work - it is what thieves use. If you are >replacing the switch, it won't hurt anything. Well, because it's what thieves use, I wouldn't take that as to mean it won't cause any damage. I don't know any thieves that worry about not damaging what they're stealing (actually, I don't know any thieves!). I guess I misinterpreted what the OP was asking. There seemed to be some implication that without the key, the steering lock would prevent the ignition switch from coming out. I don't recall that to be the case. And if it was, I wouldn't force it out with a hammer, slide or otherwise. bs -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
