Driver's Airbag Screw Spec (Xantia)

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 28 Nov 2009, 11:28

I am having trouble finding purchase - according to searches on this site, they're T30.

Are they "tamperproof" Torx, or do you just have to hold the driver at a funny angle?

Wanting to install the steering angle sensor.

Thanks, Adam.

wheeler · Unread post by **wheeler** » 28 Nov 2009, 12:28

Should be a non tamperproof T30 screw. they just go in at a funny angle & can be difficult to line up the screwdriver.

Clogzz · Unread post by **Clogzz** » 28 Nov 2009, 13:00

Yes, ordinary T30, and the funny angle is outwards from the steering column.
The screws cannot be taken out; they stay in the steering wheel with circlips or something.

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 28 Nov 2009, 13:06

Thank you both! I should have it done in the morning.

citroyiannis · Unread post by **citroyiannis** » 28 Nov 2009, 14:23

Hi Adam,

I had the same problem, and I used a small piece of a mirror. Do the same to find the right angle and you will insert the driver in the hole more easily

!!

Yiannis

citronut · Unread post by **citronut** » 28 Nov 2009, 14:33

make sure you disconect the battery and leave for around 20min's before removeing the air bag,

regards malcolm

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 28 Nov 2009, 18:55

I've left it off overnight - that ought do the trick!

Unread post by **RichardW** » 28 Nov 2009, 21:55

When I had the wheel off my Mk1 I found I had to cut away the rubber of the steering wheel in order to get the Torx bit in place.

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 28 Nov 2009, 23:29

It was somewhat fiddly, but all good now. The airbag/horn pad was all but impossible to perfectly align with the relief in the steering wheel (as before removal). Nothing serious, but enough to cause passing vexation to the fussy!

Hardest thing I found, was undoing the mounting catches for the clockspring connector plugs, on the column further down. At least I know now, should I ever want a steering wheel with radio controls on it, that the extra wiring runs far as the clockspring connectors but not the unit itself...

Thanks for the advice and encouragement.

Cheers, Adam.