Chrysler Voyager clockspring.

[Tetleysmooth]

Can anyone tell me if a Chrysler Voyager clockspring can be re-used?

Or is it a one use part only.

Thanks people.

[Tayne]

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[Cheggers]

I'm going to plead stupidity, what is a Chrysler Voyager clockspring??

[Tetleysmooth]

Sorry fella, I should have explained further.

The clockspring in a Voyager is an electrical connection in the steering column which gives continous power to the cruise, horn, airbag etc.

It's like a round cartridge with wires coming out.

I just wondered if once used on one vehicle, they could be used on another.

When the clockspring goes wrong, the airbag light stays on and the horn and cruise don't work, sometimes other stuff too.

[Tetleysmooth]

[andrew e]

This won't help, but a previously enjoyed Grand Voyager I owned had been done at a main dealers; from memory it was all labour and a very cheap part.

[Tetleysmooth]

This won't help, but a previously enjoyed Grand Voyager I owned had been done at a main dealers; from memory it was all labour and a very cheap part.

 

There was a recall for some Voyagers regarding this problem, but the motor I'm interested in didn't qualify.

Parts and labour would've been free.

The part alone now is a good chunk over £100.

[hairymel]

hi Dave

 

nothing i know of to stop swapping a 'clockspring' over other than it being inadvisable to use one that has had an airbag fired off it

 

you need to set the donor vehicles steering to dead ahead and tape the swively bit together before removal, otherwise you run the risk of refitting it outside of its operating range (ie the 'spring' gets wound too far one way or the other at extremes of steering)

 

ps previa has had a third and hopefully more permanent tempory exhaust repair involving angle grinders and welding .

 

it also has one of my spare betteries wedged under the bonnet with bits of 2"x1"

 

(brand new correct battery purchased and in the boot awaiting daylight fitting time )

 

fuel consumtion is horrifying

 

hth

[RichardMoss]

They can be reused - just make sure that the replacement is OK. As you know they are a touch fragile and it is also important to have them central before fitting (to steering that is central too). I broke the clockspring on a Rover 800 by fitting it off-centre and ripping the "wires" out of the connector. They are, in fact, not wires as such but metal strips attached to a plastic coil. You may be able to re-solder the connectors to the spring - as I did on the Rover one.

 

Luckily my 1994 Grand Voyager clockspring was OK throughout the 3 years/80,000 miles I did.

[Tetleysmooth]

hi Dave

 

 

 

fuel consumtion is horrifying

 

 

Thanks for all the advice people.

 

Not the most economical bus, are they Mel.

I can honestly say it never bothered me though, I just enjoyed driving the thing around.