Clockspring - Removal

REMOVAL

WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor or instrument panel component diagnosis or service. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental airbag deployment.

CAUTION: Always turn the steering wheel until the front wheels are in the straight-ahead position. Then, prior to disconnecting the steering column from the steering gear, lock the steering wheel to the steering column. If clockspring centering has been compromised for ANY reason, the entire Steering Column Control Module (SCCM) and clockspring unit MUST be replaced with a new unit.





1. Place the front wheels in the straight ahead position and inhibit the steering column shaft from rotation.
2. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
3. Remove the steering wheel from the upper steering column shaft. Removal.
4. If the removed Steering Column Control Module (SCCM) (1) is to be reused, be certain that the spring-activated clockspring locking ring (2) has extended upward following steering wheel removal to lock the clockspring rotor to the clockspring case and maintain clockspring centering until the steering wheel is reinstalled on the steering column. Do not manually compress the clockspring locking ring while the SCCM is removed from the steering column as this may result in the loss of clockspring centering. If clockspring centering is not maintained, the entire SCCM must be replaced with a new unit before the steering wheel is reinstalled.
5. Move the steering column to the fully lowered (down) position.
6. Remove the upper and lower shrouds from the steering column. Steering Column - Removal.
7. Disconnect the instrument panel wire harness connector from the clockspring connector receptacle (3).





8. Working from the below and behind the SCCM housing (1), loosen the screw (4) that tensions the clamp (5) that secures the SCCM to the top of the steering column jacket.
9. Pull the SCCM away from the steering column far enough to access and disconnect the two instrument panel wire harness connectors from the two connector receptacles (2) on the back of the SCCM housing near the top.
10. Disengage the instrument panel wire harness take outs from the retainer (3) on the back of the SCCM housing.
11. Remove the SCCM from the vehicle.