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Hi, I’m Mike from 1A Auto. We’ve been selling auto parts for over 30 years!
In this video, we'll be removing and reinstalling an airbag clock spring, in a 2009 Chevy Suburban. If you need this part, or other parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1aauto.com.
We're going to remove the airbag. Before we do that, we want to make sure we take the key out, and make sure the steering wheel is straight with the wheels going straight ahead.
We're going to disconnect the battery. We're going to use a 10mm wrench. We're going to disconnect the negative post on the battery, just loosen this up a little bit. You can grab it, and wiggle it back and forth. I can take it and tuck it out of the way. Once the battery's disconnected, before we go to work on the airbag, we want to wait one minute, that will drain all the capacitors out of the modules, and it'll be safe to work on.
To disconnect the airbag, we're going to need a blunt tool. This was actually a straight pick that had broken anyway, so we just filed down a little bit to make it flat. What you can do is, right in this hole over here, you're going to have to feel around. I'll show you, once I pull the airbag out, where it is. But there is a little spring that you have to push on that retains the airbag in there. It's somewhat difficult to do. You got to feel around for it. Push a little pressure, and then pull. We're going to do the same with the other side.
You push that down, and this pulls right up. This is where it's clicked in. I'll show you those little springs in here. As you can see, my blunt tool is in here, so you have to feel around here. When it's in place, you're pushing that in. It's somewhat difficult to do, but if you feel around, you can push it in.
To disconnect the connectors, we're going to use a straight blade tool. Just get underneath this lock right here. You could use a pick also. Pull that up, and pull the other one out as well. Just get under there and pull that. You can actually just pull it up. The other one pulled out completely.
Then there's two retainers here, two locks. We're going to push those in. I'm going to use my finger for one, and screwdriver for the other. That'll pull out. Those are the two locks. Then same with the white one. Pull that out. Then we can pull the airbag out. We want to set this down on a bench, just like this. Make sure there's nothing electrical near it. You do not want to set it on its face.
You want a 13/16ths socket extension and a ratchet. Put it on the nut. We're going to hold the steering wheel, and just break it loose. Before I pull the nut off completely on the steering wheel, it's stuck down. What you can do is to get it off. Just shake the wheel back and forth gently while you're pulling up. Sometimes you actually need a puller.
This one, I was just able to wiggle it back and forth. You want to be careful not to pull too hard, or you'll bend the steering wheel. But if you use a puller, you can put the puller in those two holes, and put the center in there. Leaving the nut on there will prevent the steering wheel from hitting you in the face while you're removing it. Now we can remove the nut.
Now the steering wheel is keyed, so it only goes on one way. There's a little key on there, so you don't have to worry about marking it on this vehicle. Pull that up. We're going to disconnect this connector. Use a straight blade screwdriver. Just stick it underneath there, and slightly when we pull the connector off.
These two airbag wires, we go straight through. Going to pull this cover off. Just grab under here and pull. Pull this cover off right here, and take this Phillips head screw out back here. A piece broke. There's another Phillips head screw right here. Then underneath the parking brake release handle, there's a 10mm bolt right there. I'm going to use a 10mm socket extension and a ratchet, get that pulled out. This will slide out. It just slides back, and there's two clips that hold that on. This whole piece should pull straight up.
There's clips, there's one that's broken there. There's other clips here. We're going to pull this adjuster handle off of the steering wheel. Sometimes these are very difficult to pull off. Grab it with two hands, and just pull it towards the outside of the car, and it'll come off. We're going to release this. This vehicle does not have any screws in these holes, some vehicles may, so you might want to double-check. There might be some torques, screws, or a 7mm. Then we're going to grab this cover, and pull it straight down. Grab it from the back and pull. That will pull straight down. There’s clips that hold that in. It's just clipped in.
Now we're going to remove the snap ring. You're going to need some special snapping pliers. You could probably try to do it with some picks, but it's a lot easier with snap ring pliers. Stick it in there and squeeze it. You can pull the snap ring right out. We can actually leave it right there, on the pliers, and set it aside.
Before I pull this up, I just want to use a little bit of masking tape to prevent this clock spring from spinning. Sometimes there's a lock in them, but I just double, for extra safety, I just make sure I tape it, so that it doesn't spin. This part will spin from the housing. This one does seem like it has a lock on it. But, like I said, just so it doesn't spin, because if it spins, it's going to break.
You will not be able to reuse it. Before I pull the clock spring up, there's a wire tier right here. I'm just going to cut it with some cutters, so that I have more room with the wires. Less tension on the wires. You can pull it up. Let me just make sure my tape is there. Now I can disconnect the connector. Push a little flat blade tool into that lock, and pull the line out like so.
This wire is connected to the clock spring. We're going to follow it down here. It goes all the way down here, and over to this connector right here. We're going to pull this orange lock out, and just grab this and pull down, like that. Then you can use your finger and just push on this other lock and pull the connector out. When you remove the connector, this is the little tab I pushed down. You could actually use a little screwdriver and push down to pull it out. We can fish the wires up. There is another tie down here, going to use that trim tool. We actually sell these at 1AAuto.com.
Pull this one off first to get to the one that our wire is secured to. Disconnect that. We can run it up here, right through there. There's another wire tie right here. I'm going to cut that off. Be careful not to cut the wires. Then there's a lock right here, that secures the wires. You just, to get this out, you just push down and pull this through, like that. Then the wire comes out. There's your clock spring.
All right, before we put this on, there's two arrows on this sensor. This is the type that could spin all the way around and break, so we want to be careful with that. When those two arrows are lined up, that pretty much states that the steering wheel is going straight. You make sure those are lined up. If you have a new one, and you're putting it on, you will actually have a little lock on here, where that orange piece is, that once you install it, and once everything's lined up, you actually break it off. Ours, where we're using it, ours is fine.
With all this lined up, going to start slipping it back on. Once this is lined up, up here, and lined up down there, it's safe for me to take the tape off, because it won't spin. Then I can take our snap ring, push it down a little bit, put our snap ring back on, and get the screwdriver to help me. Once the lock's back in, and it's good, we can reconnect this electrical connector. Then this one, we're going to run back down below, the same way it came. You can slide this in up here, right there. This little retainer goes through this hole here. Now we'll send this back in here. Line that up.
We're going to take this little orange lock, and slide this back in through the tab, like that, so it clicks in. This wire, we're going to send that retainer up through there, so that locks in. I'm going to install some new wire ties. Go over all the wires over here, and then position this wire just like that. Pull it through. We'll cut the excess off, like that. One more over here. Go around all the wires. Pull it through. We'll cut it right here.
We'll install the top cover. Just slide it in the back, like this. This rubber piece, over here, is going to slide in over here, like so. Line up the hazard switch, and then that's going to push down like that. For the bottom one, going to take, going to align this U opening up with this rubber loop. Slide that in the back. It may take a little bit of adjustment. There we go. It's on there.
Install the adjuster lever. Going to reinstall this cover. Line these tabs up. That right here, and down there, and push it in. Going to line this up, going to slide it up, and then slide it forward, just like that. We can take our 10mm bolt, while we hold the lever up, slide that in, and tighten that down. Tighten that up snug. We're going to take a Phillips head screw and our plastic piece is broken right here, but yours shouldn't be broken. We have another screw, a Phillips head screw right here, just snug it.
Now we'll install this cover. There's some tabs right here, we're going to line those up. Now we're going to install our steering wheel with this connector. We want to feed these two wires for the airbag through that hole there. As we're going down, we're going to connect this connector. Push it down.
Then you see the arrow, you're going to line that up with the shaft of the steering wheel column. We're going to reinstall the nut. The nut has a nylon retainer that pretty much locks the nut from loosening, so you want that facing you, that part of the nut up, just place that on. Start tightening it with our 13/16ths socket extension ratchet. We're going to torque this nut to 30 foot pounds.
This lock popped off when we were taking it out, so we're going to put that back in first. It's going to go in like that. I don't want to push it all the way down, just get it so it's in there like that. Now, reconnect our airbag. There's grooves in these terminals. You can see, there's two on there. You can see on the airbag, two grooves on that side. This one goes in like this. Once that clicks, then you can push the lock down, like that. Then this white one has one groove. The groove goes right there, like that, and lock it.
The airbag's in the right position. Make sure the wires aren't pinched or anything, we can push it. Then we're going to line these two little tabs up, with those holes, and push it down.
We're going to reconnect our battery. Grab the negative cable, we're going to hook it back up. Now I'm going to use my 10mm wrench, and tighten down the nut, not too tight. You don't want to break the terminal. Tighten it, and check it, and make sure it doesn't wiggle. It seems good. We're going to turn the key on. You want your body not pressed right up against the airbag. This is a safe repair, it should not go off. But just in case something does happen, you want your body further away. You can turn the key on. We're going to look at the airbag light, right here. It should flash seven times, and then go out, and it did. That means your airbag system is working properly.
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Hi. I'm Mike from 1A Auto. We've been selling auto parts for over 30 years.
What's up, guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm gonna be removing and reinstalling a clock spring in this 2008 Chevy Silverado work truck. If you need this part, or other parts, for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1aauto.com.
All right. I'm gonna disconnect the battery. This vehicle, there is a bracket missing here. Normally there would be a bracket here with two, well four, 13mm bolts. You would take those out to access the negative battery cable. I'm just gonna use a 10mm wrench, loosen up the cable. You can probably do it without taking that bracket up, but it just make it easier to take the bracket off. Loosen this up and wiggle it back and forth. And, set it aside.
To remove the airbag, there's these little holes on the side of the steering wheel. We're gonna use a little Allen. This is a 2.5mm Allen. Just gonna slide it into the hole. And, you're gonna have to feel around a little bit. There's a little bar you have to push. And, if you feel ... Push on the airbag a little bit while you're pushing in the hole. You might be able to feel it move around. And then, we're gonna release the airbag. Push that. And then, you're gonna grab the airbag and pull it out just a little bit. See how it's up a little? Then we're gonna do the same with the other side.
All right. Then, pull the airbag out. You can see in here where the Allen goes in and then pushes on this little clip spring. And, that releases that little retainer on the airbag. On the back side of the airbag, you're gonna need a little pick or a small screwdriver. There's a little lock right here. You're gonna pull this lock up just like that. And then, there's little tabs right here. And then, one on the other side. Sometimes it's not too easy. I'm gonna just pull that connector out. Same with this side. Pull this little lock up just like that. And then, slide the connector out. Then, grab the airbag.
When you put the airbag down, you wanna place the airbag like this on a bench or somewhere. You never wanna place the airbag like this. 'cause, if it were to ever explode, it's gonna go flying up.
All right. Next, I'm gonna disconnect this connector right here. I'm just gonna use a small pick tool. The little clip right on top, and then just slide the connector out. The clip was right on there.
I'm gonna take a 21mm socket extension in a ratchet. I'm gonna take this bolt, loosen it up. You can also use a 13/16ths. Break that free. Now, before I take the nut all the way off, I am gonna grab the steering wheel and just rock it back and forth, loosen it up. And, when you pull it up, the nut will prevent it from hitting you in the face. You could also use a steering wheel puller. But, we didn't need to. I just rocked it back and forth. Pull this nut off. You can slide the steering wheel right out.
All right. Next, we're gonna remove this side cover right here. Just grab underneath, pull it off. There's some clips that hold it on.
Next, I'm gonna just grab this panel, pull it straight forward. There's some clips that hold it on.
Next, we'll pull this steering wheel column adjuster off. Just grab it with two hands. Slide it out towards the outside of the vehicle. Then, I'm gonna grab this steering wheel column cover. Sometimes there is some bolts that screw into the bottom of it. This one doesn't have any bolts, so I'm just gonna grab it and pull it straight down. Sometimes grab it from the back side. Slide it right down.
Next, we're gonna take the top cover off. Just grab it, pull it up. Just like that.
All right. There's a lot of dust on this, so I'm just gonna wipe this off with a rag. Next, I wanna prevent this from spinning. This is the clock spring, the airbag clock spring. And, I just wanna put a piece of tape right here. Tape across. Tape across here. That way, it won't spin when I take it off. Just move this down a little bit.
Next, I'm gonna use some snap ring pliers. I'm gonna take this snap ring out right here. Squeeze. Those snap ring pliers are in there, and then you squeeze to take the snap ring out. Slide the snap ring out.
Gonna take this clock spring, slide it up a little bit. Then, I'm gonna disconnect the electrical connectors on the bottom. Just take a little pick. There's a little tab right there. Take that connector off.
So, underneath the dash there's an electrical connector right here. Just gonna disconnect. There's a little lock right there. Pull that off. Then there's a little button here. Disconnect that.
I'm gonna use a trim tool. We actually sell this trim tool at 1aauto.com. Just slide in here to remove the retainer that holds the wire. Just go back and forth. Slide that out. Just fish the wire up here.
Now, there is gonna be some wire ties holding it on. So, we're gonna have to cut those off. I'm just using some small cutters. We'll just put new wire ties on after. Be careful not to cut the wires. There's a little retainer right here. Just slide that out of there. And then, right here. Slide that off. Then, you can pull the whole clock spring off.
Now, we'll take the clock spring, get this lined up over here. Before I push it down any further, I'm just gonna connect the connector underneath, lock that in place. Make sure this goes on properly. Slide that up. Then I'm gonna run this wire. This is gonna go the way it came out. Just go down here. So, the wire's gonna go through here ... We'll just slide this through here for now.
And then, underneath here it's gonna go behind this wire. Then we have this retainer that goes in this spot right there. Push that through just like that. And then, connect this connector. Push that through. Then we'll take this lock. Send the lock through the backside of the connector ... just like that.
I'm gonna take a cable tie, just slide it through here. Make sure the wires aren't rubbing up against anything. And, secure this in this location here, just like that. There's another cable tie that goes down in here ... And, secure it right there. I'm just gonna take some cutters. Cut the excess like that. And, right like that.
Next, we'll take this snap ring. Slide this down into position using snap ring pliers. You just wanna push it so it locks in place. And, that looks good.
All right. Next, we're gonna take the covers, this upper column cover. Just line up the shifter boot. There we got. And then, lock it down. Take the lower column cover, line that up. And then, push it together with the upper cover. Looks good.
Before I put these covers on, I actually already took the tape off of the clock spring. 'cause, the clock spring is safe now. It's not gonna turn. It's keyed to the shaft. So, it's okay to take that tape off at that point.
All right. Now, we're gonna install this cover. Just line it up, lock it in place.
And next, we're gonna install this screw with this Phillips head screwdriver. And, if your vehicle had another one, you're gonna install it over here as well. But, this vehicle doesn't have it. Snug that up.
Next, we'll install this parking brake cable release. Just slide that over there. And then, take the 10mm bolt. Get this started right here.
Now, we'll install the side cover. Just line those clips up, lock it in place.
Take this steering column adjuster handle and just push it on. And, take the steering wheel. We're gonna feed these wires through here. Pull these through. Line the steering wheel up. There is an arrow on the steering wheel with a little mark on the column.
Then, we'll take the connector. Connect the steering wheel connector. That's just for the horn. And then, take this nut, get this started. Take my 21mm socket extension ratchet, tighten this down.
Now, I'm gonna use a torque wrench, and I'm gonna torque this nut to 30 foot pounds. Make sure you hold the steering wheel while you do this. That's good.
Now, we're gonna connect the airbag. Let's just connect these connectors. Connect the pink one right here in the pink. And then, push the lock down. Then, do the same with the white one. Connect it, push the lock down. Then, we can take the airbag ... Make sure the wires are out of the way. Line it up, and just push it down.
Now, I'm gonna grab the negative battery cable. Slide this over the terminal on the battery, and then take a 10mm wrench and just snug this up. Not too tight. You don't wanna break it. Just make sure you grab the terminal, grab the cable, and make sure it doesn't twist. That's good. And then, if you had that bracket here, you're gonna wanna reinstall that bracket.
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