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    need help removing bracket

    anyone know how to remove this silver bracket?

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    There are 2 bolts that have no heads facing down, one on each side. I hammered a slot into one side of the bolt with a flathead screwdriver, then put the screw driver at an angle on the slot and tapped it around until it was loose. repeat on other side. They are not very tight. unfortunately I was unable to find any way to remove it without trashing the bolts.

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    Did the same thing and it worked. Thanks

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    finally, i had to hammer a chisel on the screws until a groove was created, enough to spin them loose.
    tools isued


    groove created by hammering down


    bracket removed




    decided to use a saw and create a better groove for easy install/remove, also used loctite to re-tighten them




    all effort was futile, reason why i removed this was to adjust it cause it seemed like my ign switch/wiper/blinker arm are not quite centered, after removing the bracket i found out there is no way to adjust. bracket has a set position with a pin underneath to lock in position to steering column. I guess ill have to take a look at another 3/S and verify the position of this bracket.

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    The arms sit at different positions depending on what year 3/s you have.

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    Re-did my ignition switch chasing down the click-click; just so you know, the new switch came with new fasteners, which are snap-offs, and leave you with the problem of how to get things apart.

    I just installed them 'tight enough' without snapping them, just in case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mb3000 View Post
    The arms sit at different positions depending on what year 3/s you have.
    Really?? I have a 94 vr4, I use to have a 92 vr4 and it looked centered, guess da different yrs is my problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Re-did my ignition switch chasing down the click-click; just so you know, the new switch came with new fasteners, which are snap-offs, and leave you with the problem of how to get things apart.

    I just installed them 'tight enough' without snapping them, just in case.
    Smart guy over here ^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Z16A View Post
    Smart guy over here ^
    The damn thing was too spendy to do it any other way...

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