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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2005J-44298 Air Bag Removal Tool - Where?
I need to purchase a J-44298 "Air Bag Removal Tool" in order to pull the steering wheel off my 2001 Impala. I haven't been able to locate it at the KD Tools sites I normally go to online, nor the Kent Moore equivalent. Does anyone know where I might find one of these, or a similar eqivalent? Thanks! > I need to purchase a J-44298 "Air Bag Removal Tool" in order to pull > the steering wheel off my 2001 Impala. I haven't been able to locate [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Does anyone know where I might find one of these, or a similar > eqivalent? I don't think you will find one of those easily...other then thru a dealership...and you would have to know someone in order to borrow it. Ian >I need to purchase a J-44298 "Air Bag Removal Tool" in order to pull > the steering wheel off my 2001 Impala. I haven't been able to locate [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks! Snap-on part number KTMJ44298-A. $71.59 ea. Either from a dealer or online at www.snapon.com Good Luck LET DEALER OR PROFESSIONALS DO IT, IT'S DEADLY, AIRBAG SYSTEM CAN KILL YOU!!! IN FACT ILLEGAL FOR MOST DEALERS SO REMOVE AT A REPAIR SHOP, AS DEALERS USUALLY REFUSE > LET DEALER OR PROFESSIONALS DO IT, IT'S DEADLY, AIRBAG SYSTEM CAN KILL > YOU!!! As long as correct procedures are followed, there's no reason to fear injury during air bag system service. It's not complex or difficult to do it right -- you just have to follow the instructions in the service manual. > IN FACT ILLEGAL FOR MOST DEALERS SO REMOVE AT A REPAIR SHOP, AS DEALERS > USUALLY REFUSE There are many different reasons why a shop (dealer or otherwise) would remove an airbag, all of them legal. What's not legal is for a shop (dealer or otherwise) to leave the bag uninstalled, unless the vehicle owner has a permission letter from the nannies at NHTSA. > LET DEALER OR PROFESSIONALS DO IT, IT'S DEADLY, AIRBAG SYSTEM CAN KILL > YOU!!! Sure, if you don't disconnect the battery. Without power the airbag can't deploy. Ted > > LET DEALER OR PROFESSIONALS DO IT, IT'S DEADLY, AIRBAG SYSTEM CAN KILL > > YOU!!! > > Sure, if you don't disconnect the battery. Without power the airbag can't > deploy. Don't think that simply disconnecting the battery will de-energize an airbag system. Most have some method of storing a charge (in the event the accident cuts battery power) and can still discharge for quite some time. Follow the manufacturer's procedures.  SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students. TOP POST!!! All you need is a couple of pocket screwdrivers and some patience to get it out I do it all the time...Also you can trip an air bag using just a multimeter....Was at a dealer training session where they showed us....Disconnect the battery waite about 3-5 mins for the modules to go into sleep mode..Then Unplug the airbag from under the dash ...Then you should have no probems...Air bags are not mandatory...At least not here in Tx you can take them all out and still pass inspection...Not like with the seatbelts which are manditory.... S Cook Re: J-44298 Air Bag Removal Tool - Where? Group: rec.autos.tech Date: Mon, May 30, 2005, 9:49pm (CDT-2) From: Paul@Hovnanian.com (Paul Hovnanian P.E.) Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: "Amigocabal" <serwad@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:vspme.161$rL7.103@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com... LET DEALER OR PROFESSIONALS DO IT, IT'S DEADLY, AIRBAG SYSTEM CAN KILL YOU!!! Sure, if you don't disconnect the battery. Without power the airbag can't deploy. Don't think that simply disconnecting the battery will de-energize an airbag system. Most have some method of storing a charge (in the event the accident cuts battery power) and can still discharge for quite some time. Follow the manufacturer's procedures. SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------- Time is the best teacher; Unfortunately it kills all its students. |
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