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Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/29/2004 9:48:31 PM

Yellacobra

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Status: offline alright i was in my cobra and i turned the wheel when i parked i just went out there to move it and my ignition key wont turn over.... and the wheel is locked so i pushed clutch in and break took it out of gear and it still wont come out of the lock... does anybody know how the hell to get the steering wheel lock off?

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/29/2004 9:54:43 PM

cammedlx

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sounds like it is in a bine,just turn it with force the way the wheels are pointed and see if that will let you turn the key

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/29/2004 9:56:43 PM

Yellacobra

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Status: offline well wheels are dead forward... so i will try both sidezzz

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/29/2004 10:56:31 PM

DaGGer

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Status: offline that weird...just try turning the wheel really hard which ever way you turned it to get it locked.....this should let you put the key in and turn it..had that happen once it was a bitch get undone...but defiently do able

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/29/2004 11:00:51 PM

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yea jsut try turnin the wheel alittle while your jiggling the key to get it to turn over

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/30/2004 4:22:13 AM

primetime5.0

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that happened to me once in my car turned out the ignition cylinder was bad because the key wouldnt turn forcing the wheel to stay locked picked a new one up at autozone for like 15 $

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/30/2004 10:45:21 AM

Yellacobra

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Status: offline damn i feal like an idiot thats me gettin beat for being an idiot lol thnx guys i got it out of lock this morning... walked out there and started trying to turn the key and yanked on the steering wheel hard and it started up thnx a bunch!

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/30/2004 10:56:49 AM

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don't beat yourself up too hard, that's happend to more people that you can imagine. LOL
I got tripped up once on a rental car that the shifter wouldn't go into gear on until I finally put my foot on the damn brake pedal and it released the shifter. damn safety interlocks!!!

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/30/2004 4:42:45 PM

BlackMage

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actually isnt that a safety featureon all cars? i do it every once in a while and i just have to turn the key real hard and the wheels pops and its unlocked, ive had to help people at our grocery store who do that and are all freaking out cuz they think they broke their car or something lol its fun

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/31/2004 10:16:50 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BlackMage

actually isnt that a safety featureon all cars? i do it every once in a while and i just have to turn the key real hard and the wheels pops and its unlocked, ive had to help people at our grocery store who do that and are all freaking out cuz they think they broke their car or something lol its fun

yeah, it's another brillant federal beauracratic regulation that has probably killed more people than it has prevented cars from being stolen! you ever thought about how you would steer your car if the throttle stuck and you turned off the key to keep from blowing the engine? not such a fun thought now is it??? I just hope the air bag in my truck never goes off in my face by accident because I know I can't sue the dumbs**ts who made them mandatory equipment. the feds' ideas of trying to protect idots from themselves is taking it's toll on the rest of us out here, that's for damn sure!

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 10/31/2004 12:01:05 PM

Yellacobra

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Status: offline yea its kinda embarassing i told my dad about it and his only words were "i told you that the car was to much for you" but im glad it happend in my drive way rather than at a super market or something lol

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 11/1/2004 10:20:32 AM

vfast

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Status: offline hey don't frat about it bet in roundman's advanced age he used chevy keys to try and start his stang a time or 2

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 11/1/2004 10:55:54 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: vfast

hey don't frat about it bet in roundman's advanced age he used chevy keys to try and start his stang a time or 2

but hey, im only 17 and i still can;t figure out which key goes to which stang in the morning ;)

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you must not hang around us 4.6'ers too often.... our intakes crack more often than paris hilton gets rammed

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RE: Locked steering wheel... cantget it out :/ - 11/18/2004 10:33:42 PM

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not as bad as locking your keys in the car. did it once, when i came home late and tired. turned the radio off, air off, my routine. walked out the car and pushed the lock switch with the key in the ignition. car on, me out. pissed off. i had to call a locksmith to fish the lock open because i had done an antenna swap for a rubber one and too late to get out a coat hanger. embarassing. waste of time and money.

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