Light (Infl Rest) on?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ft Wayne IN
Light (Infl Rest) on?
Ok, so I repaired my rack and pinion and steering shaft rag joint After I dropped it off the jacks and started it for the first time in a month, I get a Restraint Inflation light. I checked the flashing codes and I am getting a "26". How this happened from working on the steering I don't know. I checked all the connections in the area I was working and everything is tight.
Has anyone experienced this code 26 ? Any help would be great. Thank's!
Has anyone experienced this code 26 ? Any help would be great. Thank's!
Melting Slicks
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if you had to move the steering colum at all it would be my quess that you pulled a connection loose. Check that real good even if you do not see a connection all the way apart disconect it and redo it
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The SIR coil connector is at the column base and it's generally thought to be difficult to separate but it's certainly easy to ID. Everything SIR related is sheathed in yellow and connectors are yellow also. The code 26 is generally related to a column fault, I don't recall the year of your car.
If your car is a '91 see FSM 8A-201-20 for the connector location.
Checked your profile and for your '92 it's 8A-201-10 Book 2
If your car is a '91 see FSM 8A-201-20 for the connector location.
Checked your profile and for your '92 it's 8A-201-10 Book 2
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Burning Brakes
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Didn't do anything to the column on the inside off car just the steering shaft. I will check that connection also. If all connections are good is there a sensor in the column that can go bad? The manual said to check the connection with some GM tool but im hoping I can use an OHM meter. Are all the parts on the outside of the column or do I need to open it up?
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To check the coil/clock spring I would think you could disconnect the connector at the column base and REMOVE THE AIR BAG from the connector at the back-side of the module and then check the coil for continuity. Check a FSM before you proceed but it seems like there would be no other easy to accomplish the check.
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Burning Brakes
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It was turned without an intermediate shaft but no spinning "to my knowledge".
So I was looking at the connections towards the base i.e. firewall inside of the vehicle. I found a large connection but nothing with the yellow wires???? You need to be a 12 yr old female gymnast to work under there, what a PITA.
So I was looking at the connections towards the base i.e. firewall inside of the vehicle. I found a large connection but nothing with the yellow wires???? You need to be a 12 yr old female gymnast to work under there, what a PITA.
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It was turned without an intermediate shaft but no spinning "to my knowledge".
So I was looking at the connections towards the base i.e. firewall inside of the vehicle. I found a large connection but nothing with the yellow wires???? You need to be a 12 yr old female gymnast to work under there, what a PITA.
So I was looking at the connections towards the base i.e. firewall inside of the vehicle. I found a large connection but nothing with the yellow wires???? You need to be a 12 yr old female gymnast to work under there, what a PITA.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ft Wayne IN
Ok I see it in the manual. Was looking for the DERM itself which is behind my radio.
Dave, my book calls for GM tools to check the connections. Is this somthing I can do with a Ohm-Meter? I don't have manual #1 that you refere to above, my manual #2 does have a SIR diagnostic section, I have followed it to the part were I check the yellow two -way connector voltage using the some tool.
The more I think about the coil on the steering column the more it makes sense. Other than turning the wheel with the shaft off I didn't get close to anything else from the time I rebuilt the rack/pinion and the time I got this fault code. When I parked it to work on the frontend it was fine? Howmany times can the wheel be turned before this coil breaks inside?
Dave, my book calls for GM tools to check the connections. Is this somthing I can do with a Ohm-Meter? I don't have manual #1 that you refere to above, my manual #2 does have a SIR diagnostic section, I have followed it to the part were I check the yellow two -way connector voltage using the some tool.
The more I think about the coil on the steering column the more it makes sense. Other than turning the wheel with the shaft off I didn't get close to anything else from the time I rebuilt the rack/pinion and the time I got this fault code. When I parked it to work on the frontend it was fine? Howmany times can the wheel be turned before this coil breaks inside?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ft Wayne IN
Found the connection "it was towards the top of column" The connection is clean and tight Without the SIR load tool or a Tech-1 not sure were to go next. Would a GM dealer still have a Tech-1 or is that an outdated diagnostic tool?