maskell01
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 04:48 PM |
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Airbag????
On my build i changed the steering column from the donor, cortina mk5, to a mk5 escort.
it had nicer controls and a pair of proper keys!
also on this it came with an airbag.......reading earlier posts i saw that some people have taken the air bag out!
is this needed?
will it pass the IVA with an airbag in the steering wheel?
its not currently connected!
Where do I Stand with this?
Cheers
Aaron
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:04 PM |
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If the bag and the charge are still in the wheel stay well away until the charge is disarmed by a competent person. The charge here in early North
American cars was equvilent to a 12 guage shot gun shell. We have had cases of small women killed by the airbag in minor accidents.
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will121
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:29 PM |
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to see the power of an air bag watch this! thats just got to hurt!!!!
Mad thing to do with an air bag!!
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hillbillyracer
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:32 PM |
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Is the airbag in American stuff not larger to offset the fact that people just will not wear a seatbelt over there? I've heard that's the
case but that doesnt mean it's true!
The theory is without it being connected it cant go off but that's theory...
The trouble is when they're made safe it's done by discharging them which destroys the centre of the wheel & you want to keep that
bit! There must be a way to do it but I doubt it would meet with approval from the manufacturer or the HSE!
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maskell01
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:39 PM |
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It is techically "live" but with no wires connected!
will it pass the IVA like this?
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maskell01
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by will121
to see the power of an air bag watch this! thats just got to hurt!!!!
Mad thing to do with an air bag!!
mine wont be live for long then.............
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jonrotheray
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 05:58 PM |
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I removed it from the steering wheel.
Kept well out of the way of the direction of deployment.
From experience I know that
a) repairing the wheel after setting off the bag is well nigh impossible
b) the bag is held in place by rivets - on my second try I drilled these out. this worked fine.
I haven't heard of bags going off when not intended to, so I reckoned it wasn't very likely, but as I say I kept out of the line of
fire.
Jon
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jonrotheray
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 06:00 PM |
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Oh, and the one that did go off I set off on purpose using a 9v battery and a long cable!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 06:06 PM |
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You don't want air bags on the finished car when you go for IVA - you would have to prove that the sensors and circuitry that sets it off has
been certified to operate at the correct time after a crash of more than a specified force - which of course it never would be in a car like ours.
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Stott
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 06:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hillbillyracer
Is the airbag in American stuff not larger to offset the fact that people just will not wear a seatbelt over there? I've heard that's the
case but that doesnt mean it's true!
Not true
They are larger as the average yank likes burgers, ever tried stopping 30 stone with a balloon?lol
(joke, don't mean to offend our A merican members)
[Edited on 9/9/10 by Stott]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 07:21 PM |
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At an Iva a couple of weeks back the guy asked if the air bag was still there. He would of failed it if it had.
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40inches
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| posted on 9/9/10 at 08:47 PM |
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No it will fail with a live airbag, I errr! disarmed mine  Pictures in my archive how I did it.
That's not to say that you should do it the same way, or at all, is it!
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