![]() I had the same type from Harbor Freight, only $15. Here’s another Richpin video that is useful as well: Removing steering wheel. Once the airbag is gone, undo the large bolt holding the steering wheel, and use a steering wheel puller to pull it off. Be careful to disconnect those before you walk off with the airbag, they are fairly delicate. After that, it was fairly easy to get the rest of the airbag posts to unsnap. It took quite a bit of time to get my prying method to work right but eventually, following his advice, it finally popped up from the wheel on one corner. My model airbag is held in place with four large pins and spring latches, no bolts. ![]() Now at this point, instead of trying to explain, it might be easier to watch this Youtube video by Richpin, Removing the Airbag. There’s a large capacitor that has to bleed off before messing with the airbag otherwise it can go off while you’re working on it, even with the fuse pulled and the battery disconnected. Waited for 30 minutes, in order for any residual charge to bleed off of the airbag circuits. There’s a guide molded into the plastic back of the cover that shows which fuse is which…found the Airbag fuse and using needle nosed pliers, pulled it. WARNING - AIRBAGS CAN GO OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AND EXPLOSIVELY, BE SURE YOU FOLLOW ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REMOVING THE BAG, OR CONTACT A PROFESSIONAL.ĭisconnected the battery negative, than removed the fuse block cover inside the cab on the passenger side. Doing this gives room to work on the steering wheel and to do the next step…removing the airbag. ![]() Long straight stretches of road with a 50 MPH speed limit.įirst thing to do would be to remove the plastic column covers around the steering wheel assembly using a long 5.5mm hex head socket. I really wanted that for when I drive anywhere around here. One thing I noticed was that there seemed to be some missing pin bearings in that center shaft hole but when I got the old steering wheel off and checked, that wheel was missing the same pin bearings so I’m thinking they aren’t needed.Īfter I got here to Yuma Arizona and discovered the long drive practically anywhere from the Southern Mesa RV park where I’m staying, decided it was finally time to install the CC system. There are two small connectors, one for the CC and one for the horn. And here’s the new(ish) steering wheel with the built in CC buttons: The actuator will ‘pull’ the throttle actuator to increase speed and relax to reduce it. Just to the left of that white piece of plastic and at 90 degrees to it is a slot, and that’s where the CC actuator tab fits. As you step on the gas pedal, that metal arm pulls that rod out away from the firewall, and that rod attaches via a steel cable to the carb. See that white insert there in the middle of the picture on the top of that metal actuator? That metal arm is attached to the gas pedal below, along with the throttle control on the engine. Most people say just leave that adjustment alone. Here’s the actuator, it mounts up under the dash below the steering wheel and that middle hunk of plastic slips into a slot in the accelerator pedal assembly…the tab near the end of the plastic rod is a ‘fine’ adjustment. ![]() Ordered the set, and they sat behind the drivers seat for several months while I screwed up the ambition to install them. I can’t link that set because it’s not currently available, you’ll have to search on eBay if you need the set. Once I found that out, went onto eBay and quickly found a used set that would work for an SL1 for a half decent price, I paid $85, much lower than an aftermarket add on CC. I could use a salvage market steering wheel and CC actuator as the connectors were already there, whether the car came with CC or not. So I checked that forum for info regarding aftermarket CC’s and found that I didn’t need to use an aftermarket, which by the way, wouldn’t be fun to install at all. I’ve fixed them all with the help of the forum, and did some maintenance stuff I didn’t need to do just to stay ahead. Even though it only had 60K miles on it, it has had nearly every ‘common’ problem a Saturn SL1 can have. SaturnFans forum is where I ended up checking first for all the issues I’ve had with this car. But purchase it I did and nearly two years down the road, I still miss having CC so delved into the info I could find about it. A/C was the only option it had…if that had been missing, I would have said no to purchasing it. As I’ve mentioned, this car did not come with many options that I wanted, no electric door locks, no electric windows, and biggest issue to me, was that there isn’t any cruise control (CC). ![]()
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