 Locking steering column...???, is this a necessity??? |
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| Mueller |
 May 25 2004, 10:59 AM
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914 Freak!  Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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currently locking mechanism broken*, if one never planned to park on a hill, should one bother fixing it?
as an anti-theft device, the steering wheel can be unlocked if enough force is used (I've done it by cranking on the wheel without too much effort) *can turn wheel with key out of ignition |
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| ArtechnikA |
May 25 2004, 11:10 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
the only thing that'd bother me is if one day the broken bits decided to come together in such a way that they jam the wheel. Murphy says this will happen at high speed in traffic, or on the track. if you KNOW that the failure mode makes this kind of thing impossible, i can't see what it'd be doing for you -- hills or no.
the steering lock isn't supposed to activate until the key is removed - so i always thought. frankly i just don't remember if that's how the 914.6 lock works (although i do know my Euro didn't have one ...) my '71 911 is locking the wheel with the key in the switch but turned off - that caused a bit of an issue the day i had to switch off with the key 'cause the throttle stuck ... |
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Mueller Locking steering column...??? May 25 2004, 10:59 AM
Mueller i figured since it was broken, I'd eliminate a... May 25 2004, 11:15 AM dmenche914 Mike: Always hated the locking steering, and many... May 25 2004, 11:37 AM Mueller Hey Dave....
nope the 1.8 is not running yet, it ... May 25 2004, 11:43 AM SirAndy my '70 didn't have the locking thing when ... May 25 2004, 12:39 PM SirAndy btw, when i took the '70 column apart, the mai... May 25 2004, 12:41 PM MattR <... May 25 2004, 06:35 PM SirAndy MattR Lemme first say this, I am a NOOBIE.
Now that tha... May 25 2004, 08:24 PM ArtechnikA campbellcj I deliberately removed the lock on my car, which I... May 25 2004, 09:24 PM 7391420 With the locking column, you can still turn off th... May 25 2004, 10:41 PM Andyrew My locking colum is finicky. But I know the trick.... May 25 2004, 10:52 PM VegasRacer Every sanctioning body that I have every raced wit... May 25 2004, 11:04 PM dmenche914 My old 1970 914-4 wheel never locked since i owned... May 25 2004, 11:24 PM
SirAndy <... May 26 2004, 12:21 AM |
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