steering shaft just SNAPPED WTF !!!!

[whyask]

OK so I go to make a u-turn and WHHAAMMMM, the bar that connects the steering wheel through the grommit and into the engine bay just popped off, I NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN before, any help, or ideas on how to fix would be great thanks guys.

 

[03ghoststang]

ive never heard of taht, do you have LT headers?

 

[whyask]

no the entire engine is stock, I dont have any pics right now, but in the morning ill get some.

 

[whyask]

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the black piece in the middle snapped out of place...

 

[03ghoststang]

that is linked up to the collapsable portion of the steering column i honestely wouldnt know what to tell you

 

[whyask]

sweet, well looks like tommorow we are breaking out the hynes manual and tearing sh** apart

 

[whyask]

damn just checked the Haynes Repair Manual, NOTHING DAMN IT

 

[03ghoststang]

well the steering wheel and airbag assembly will have to be removed also the connection at the rack i dont remember if there are any bolts that by the boot by the pedals or under the dashboard

 

[whyask]

damn, at this point my 100$ deductabile will be comming in very handy, I DONT MESS WITH AIR BAGS (bad experiance once) and i still cant spell right

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Maximum Motorsports has a very nice solid steering shaft and there are install instructions on their web site that may help you...

 

[DTNODYA]

damn, at this point my 100$ deductabile will be comming in very handy, I DONT MESS WITH AIR BAGS (bad experiance once) and i still cant spell right

As for the airbags, just disconnect your battery. Disconnect the negative cable first then the postitive and wait like 2 minutes. I think I read that in a haynes manual actually but that's how 'disable' them. I've had some bad experiences with airbags too. They never deploy when they should and always deploy when it's unnecessary, so it seems.

So did the bar break inside the cab? Down by your feet? Or did it break on the outside of the car (through firewall side)? I've never heard of such a thing.

 

[whyask]

In side the cab is were the bar broke, but its odd, it looks like it feel out of the other bar, aparntly the bar slides into the other one going to the engine bay. Very odd

 

[sgarlic]

How fast were you going when you tried to make the u-turn?

By U-turn do you mean, "I was drifting around a corner, and lost control and hit a curb, and it snapped!" ?

 

[Mustang5L5]

By U-turn do you mean, "I was drifting around a corner, and lost control and hit a curb, and it snapped!" ?

 

[whyask]

hahaha sh** i wish I was that good, no, Just your normal 2 mile an hour u-turn IN TRAFFIC,

 

[deftsound]

100$ deductible ftw

 

[whyask]

ya when I bought the car, I opped for that extra coverage bullsh** for 2 more grand, IT finally paid off, the only thing is I live in Sacramento , and the warrenty company is in Pennsylvania, this is gonna be fun.....DAMN THE MAN

 

[2000BLKGT]

that sux dude

FWIW...we swapped my steering rack and shaft out in 2005 for a Flaming River set up.....and the steering wheel was never removed to swap the shaft

 

[whyask]

ahhhh haaa, I knew i could be done, were did you get your setup, and how was the install

 

[Mustang5L5]

Just your normal 2 mile an hour u-turn IN TRAFFIC,

Was it an Illegal U-turn??