Got the red steering lock warning on your MINI (mk2 around 2007) or BMW around the same age? It’s a common but annoying fault caused by the electric steering lock getting old and moving a bit slower. The slower time is recorded as an error and eventually triggers the warning light on the dash, which shows a padlock and steering wheel in red.
My other video shows how to reset the warning light.
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But after a couple of months or so the light on this car came back on again, and so this time I show how to dismantle the steering lock with the aim of cleaning and lubricating it so that it works like new again and works faster, hence not triggering the warning light.
Hopefully the light now stays off after doing the reset again.
Here’s an update, Seotember 2019: the light is still off so this seemed to permanently fix it!
Here are place to buy the Torx screwdriver bits:
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The cobalt drills:
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Or you could use eBay if you prefer, searching for those keywords, for instance here the cobalt drill bits on eBay:
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Rubber disposible gloves are also useful, here's the links for
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Just search for the other stuff like bolts washers and locktite 243 on either Amazon or Ebay using the links above to get you to the sites quickly.
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