corsehf wrote:Gibbo2286 wrote:If you mean the rotating part you need to remove the complete switch and depress the plastic clips inside. I doubt though that you can do anything with it.
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Yes I do and I thought I had read on this forum that there is something that snaps or wears with age and can be fixed? - I need to do another search
Inside that spool is a flat ribbon cable similar to the sort you find in computers, it is wound up like a clock spring hence the often used description, it's intended to make the connection between the bag and the car loom and really shouldn't break unless at some time it's been maladjusted.
You may be able to check the continuity through there with a meter without taking the switch off, to do that take off the plastic cowl under the switch and disconnect the plug in connectors to the left and right at the back of the switch, the airbag wire with the blue end goes through the clockspring to the left and the one with the green connector goes to the right hand one.
The grey one goes to the printed circuit board inside the switch. I don't recommend that you take the switch to bits unless you are very deft with your fingers and have a spare pair of hands to get the intricate bits back in.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. (Albert Einstein)
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