Bert have you tried turning the wheel slightly while turning the key? Sometimes if the wheel is cocked it puts pressure on the lock, turning the wheel slightly will remove the pressure so you can turn the key
Dan On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Bert Knupp <[email protected]> wrote: > Volks, > > I’m working on a 1972 SuperBeetle (okay, okay – but it belonged to a > relative), hoping to make it rust-free and roadworthy for safe resale. > > When I rolled it into my driveway three weeks ago (the engine is being > rebuilt elsewhere) all was well: it steered fine, has new brakes, wheels > and tires, and the steering is taut. > > Today I stuck the key into the igswitch, turned it to On (there’s no > battery or engine just now) – and the steering lock remains locked. All > the sensitive jiggling and careful tiggling and firm tapping of the key I > try has no effect: that little pawl remains set. I can’t even tow it away > with the wheels locked. I obviously don’t want to break off the key, so I’m > being careful. > > How do I fix it – short of total removal of the steering column? > > Bert Knupp > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
