"Dave" wrote in message
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:::Jerry:::: wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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There's a bit of play in the u/j at the bottom of the steering

column of

my '99 Espace, the local Renault dealer is quoting both arms and

both

legs to fix it - has anyone here attempted it and lived to tell
the

tale?

... or is there a better place to ask?



Try news:uk.rec.cars.maintenance

Although, I would first suggest getting a quote from a non main
dealer, sometimes this sort of job is a real b*stard - and what
is
more, if the car has an steering wheel air-bag you are stuffed as
messing with those is NOT really a DIY task.


Thanks Jerry, I'll ask there too.
I've never understood the problem with working on airbags, they
came-in
after I stopped fixing my cars (ah, memories: Herald, Spitfire,
Stag,
Minor, Anglia, Corsair, Capri and Austin 1800 - those were the days
:-)can anyone explain the problem? In my naivety I assume you just
disconnect the electrics and that they will then be safe.


Just disconnecting the electrics might just set it off! Although
mostly harmless, as is a firework is, given the wrong set of
circumstances both can become potentially lethal devices - and we
haven't even started to talk about the mobile guillotine that some
self tensioning seatbelts can become....