Did you gas-wax 'em?
I bought a cutter just for the occasion. The engine was making pretty concerning noise after the last 1/4 mile pass. Once I confirmed that the flex plate was still solid and the valve train was tight, I had a bad feeling about what the oil would tell me. The WIX filter was doing a pretty good job, but couldn't quite get it all.
Where in the column are those bolts used?The last day and a half has sucked for me lol. I hate interior work but it is nice to do something different for a change. 2018 Highlander with 68,000 miles needed a steering column it had a click somewhere internally and was jerking too. It made me remember why I hate modern cars lol. I diagnosed it last Wednesday and the customer left it for repairs. Doing this job *****. Hopefully won’t have to do one of these for a long time haha. I have never seen bolts where the heads are supposed to come off when you tighten them. They were a pain to get out of the old one. A coworker showed me instead of doing how the manual says where you drill a hole in it and use a screw extractor he said hand me a chisel and a hammer I’ll show you how to get them out. He had them out in 5 seconds. He said you’d be here all day trying to drill those out and use a stupid screw extractor that doesn’t work. I appreciate that helpful tip so I know next time. Good thing we had exactly two of them in stock because I didn’t know these even existed so I didn’t tell parts to order them with the column. Usually we don’t have anything in stock so I was truly surprised lol. I have done steering columns before but never on a modern car so it’s way different and way more annoying haha.
On the anti theft module that goes right behind the steering wheel it’s part of the smart key system.
Yep my ‘03 Jetta had the same kind of bolts, hammer and chisel works a treat. I replaced them with button head cap screws, in case I ever need to take it apart again.The last day and a half has sucked for me lol. I hate interior work but it is nice to do something different for a change. 2018 Highlander with 68,000 miles needed a steering column it had a click somewhere internally and was jerking too. It made me remember why I hate modern cars lol. I diagnosed it last Wednesday and the customer left it for repairs. Doing this job *****. Hopefully won’t have to do one of these for a long time haha. I have never seen bolts where the heads are supposed to come off when you tighten them. They were a pain to get out of the old one. A coworker showed me instead of doing how the manual says where you drill a hole in it and use a screw extractor he said hand me a chisel and a hammer I’ll show you how to get them out. He had them out in 5 seconds. He said you’d be here all day trying to drill those out and use a stupid screw extractor that doesn’t work. I appreciate that helpful tip so I know next time. Good thing we had exactly two of them in stock because I didn’t know these even existed so I didn’t tell parts to order them with the column. Usually we don’t have anything in stock so I was truly surprised lol. I have done steering columns before but never on a modern car so it’s way different and way more annoying haha.
I wanted to put some regular bolts in but they wanted me to use the same type that came out of it which I can understand but I think regular bolts would of been fine because who is going to go thru the effort to steal that piece anyways lol.
IIRC they are anti-theft/security bolts. In my 25 years in the automotive business, I have never seen them used, but my time in the business ended in 2000.
Well good news bad news, I wrapped up my Green Egg repairs cured for the cement for 2 hours, ran the low heat cycle at 100 degrees and then put it all together and brought it up to 500 degrees (this was all the process from the manufacturer). The cement bubbled and cracked on the inside of the base. It seems structurally sound, but no way this is going on my wooden deck pavers underneath or otherwise.
The good news, this is obviously not under warranty, but my local dealer offered me 25% off a brand new base that’ll have a lifetime warranty. So I’m going to be about $500 into a medium green egg.
Those are usually to prevent over torque on the flange, the ones he has are used as a antitheft "feature" so thieves cant unbolt the steering column lock.......
I bought a new wire harness presumably with fresh smoke. I have yet to test the assumption but I won't make the same mistake twice even as interesting the event was.Miss K,
Actually? There is an omission in the diagram.
Position #4....
"Burn the vehicle to the ground"....selection....
Old man what used to service Brit bikes down to Pgh...had one of these on the shelf.
Would oft say, "Gonna cost ya big money to get this smoke ....back in yer scooter."....
This whole scene is accurate. I'm still excited to get to grilling on it though.
You can probably buy a special removal tool on stealthatcar.com.
I once was getting free nsf shelving from a fast food chain of stores. My brother in law‘s wife was a principal player in the company and had 8 locations save them for me to be called to pick up. The shelves have to be replaced if the finish is compromised in restaurants. They would place undesired shelf sections in the dumpster corral out back and make the call and I would go get them. There were usually 2-5 sets of shelves 2 feet wide and 3-6 feet long per call. Anyone wanting this type of shelf should check with their local fast food managers for discarded units, but ask them to leave them assembled. The employees would initially ruin them beating on them to disassemble them, so I asked for them in as removed condition. It also saved labor for the store. It was a great way to get free shelves.
Where & when are you racing in Virginia this weekend?
