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RE: removing steering wheel lock on 71 TR6

Subject: RE: removing steering wheel lock on 71 TR6
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:27:18 -0700
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Meanwhile, I know from experience, having done it several times
> out of necessity on later Triumphs being scrapped, that it takes
> at least five seconds to center a three-foot crow bar on the
> ignition lock and hit it with a four-pound sledge hammer to break
> it free of the column....

But did you try just grabbing the wheel firmly and yanking it sharply ?

I haven't, but supposedly this works on most cars of the era, and the column
lock on my Stag doesn't look strong enough to resist much ...

Randall





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