I got ambitious and decided to take my lock assembly apart in order to remove the column lock - figured I would update this thread with some additional photos.

Full write-up is here: http://www.adrenalineautosport.com/d...k-on-an-s2000/

Just the pics:

 

Speedengineer - Thanks for your howto's. They worked great.

 

It's pretty easy to disable the lock without removing it. I drilled a hole in the round brass colored plunger cover and inserted a screwdriver in the hole and pried off the cover.




This is Strat's picture and removing the Ignition key & lock assembly isn't required but is shown here for clarity:


With the cover off I removed the spring. The lock bar won't come out so I simply epoxied it in the down position. The nice thing is you don't have to remove anything from the car to do this.

 

Rob I didnt really understand what was going to happen when i drilled out the cover or even how much of it to drill out. I found removing the whole assembly to be pretty easy and it gave me a better understanding of how it all when together.

 

What happens if you don't epoxy (or if the epoxy fatigues / fails)? The lock still stays in the down position with the ignition on, right? I just don't want that piece bouncing around without the spring and if there's any chance it could jam when driving I'd rather just remove the bar completely.

 

What is purpose to epoxy or remove plunger?

 

To disable the deadbolt

 

SCCA requires the steering lock be removed or disabled to get your car a racing logbook. I drilled a hole in the brass colored cover so I could get a screwdriver in the hole and pry off the cover. The spring will fall out but the lock "deadbolt" won't come out. It stays in place in the "down, unlocked" position. With this done your ignition lock would have to fail and the "deadbolt" would have to bounce up into the lock position for it to actually lock the steering but you still don't want it moving around. I simply put some epoxy on the "deadbolt legs" ("epoxy here" in photo) to permanently disable the locking mechanism in the unlocked position.

 

I'm going to try it the robrob way today. It initially confused me before I realized the second pic was from Strat (I was looking for the drill hole in the brass cover).

 

I figured that much
So, it is rule for racing. Do they lock up or something, all by itself?
ps. we do same on race bikes, take whole ignition of and use kill switch. However, it is not required.