Those of you with Air Bag Steering/Or Had it...

[parkerbink]

Figured the horn out!! the piece of rubber had to be exactly the right width. I just cut off a little at a time until I had my horn.

[Jhinck1414]

so with the spacer any steering wheeel will fit in there?

[Kavkazia]

What they said.


Another airbag related question though....to keep the thread going.

I installed a MOMO in my '91, so I still have the orange airbag sensors under the hood. I want to remove these, as well as the wiring that comes out of them, but they are secured with hardware that I have never seen. It's like a torx bolt, but with a raised nub in the middle. Does anyone know what I am talking about? If so, do you know where to get a socket to remove them?

I suppose BMW dealers have the tool, so I might try that. Another option would be to buy the proper torx socket and drill a hole in the middle to fit over the 'nub.'

Cheezel and a hummer baby.

Tap them on side, and it will get loose right off.

[Jhinck1414]

can someone show me what the spaces looks like or the demensions of how it should be.

[BS87]

Sorry to bump, but Before i go hacking away, how thick does the little spacer need to be?

[Digitalwave]

Sorry to bump, but Before i go hacking away, how thick does the little spacer need to be?

If you make one too big the horn and steering wheel locks won't work anymore.

[decay]

I installed a MOMO in my '91, so I still have the orange airbag sensors under the hood. I want to remove these, as well as the wiring that comes out of them, but they are secured with hardware that I have never seen. It's like a torx bolt, but with a raised nub in the middle. Does anyone know what I am talking about? If so, do you know where to get a socket to remove them?

that's called "security torx", i believe. i forget where i've run across them before-

they look like these drive bits would work?

http://www.wihatools.com/701serie.htm

[e30evolution]

All you need is an appropriate hub adaptor. Also the SRS light will flash in the roof display panel, so I just unplugged the light.

Funny, I swapped in the Mtech 1 in my airbag wheel and the SRS light never came up.....

you car was in an accident.... airbag deployed, fixed in a russian body shop, and they never reset the computer... new owner didnt like it so he took the bulb out.....

or the air bag light had been on for 15 years and it burned out before you got the car

[Cre8tivPro]

my momo hub and wheel went directly on without a spacer in my 90 325i. Yanked it when I sold the car though.

[Bryson]

Adding on to what everyone else is saying, you can switch to e28 stalks. The e28 stalks push back the levers around an inch compared to standard e30 stalks.
However, you might find that when you switch stalks, the function where you pull back on the left side lever and the brights come on will not work anymore.

um, or you could just get non-airbag e30 stalks....

[Skafrog]

well, if I had non-airbag e30 stalks, I would have passed that along as well.
I had an e28 parts car sitting in my garage at the time, so I knew it would fit.

[Bryson]

:P

[BS87]

So i got the old steering wheel off, mtech1 is on and it works fine. I actually kinda like the closer stalks a little bit. But i dont know what i did, i somehow managed to make it so the mtech 1 wont come off (even when the key is to on). Also, its seems now only the passenger side horn works, instead of the drivers side.

[bimmerphile]

come on now, why would you want to remove it? Sodium azide burns are the best.

[BS87]

Heh, i'm still trying to figure the horns out though.. that one is weird.