scottishz

A thief tried to steal my Honda Civic 1997 and cut into the ignition cylinder pulling most of it out. I'm trying to replace it with a new cylinder, but I can't seem to get the one in there to move to the 1 position in order to depress the pin and pull it out. I'm not sure if there is something else I can do to try and move it. Is there a way I can get it to move? What are my other options at this point?

I can post a picture of it a bit later today. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

There are some pictures below.

Badcopyinc

I'm by no means an expert with your issue but I've been doing a lot of research as of late to wire my car to unlock and start when it sees me approach it.but my main issue is the steering wheel lock that is bugging you right now.

with that being said a lot of threads on here covering removing steering wheel lock will tell you exactly all you need to know.

TomCat39

Google search Honda Lock Cylinder Replacement and you will get lots of youtube video's that show how easy it is to remove the lock cylinder from the steering column.

Honda used break away bolts to secure the lock cylinder clamp to the column.

jonsey1886

Remove the plastic steering column cover.
Left side under your turn signal/headlight controls you'll see a few phillips head screws. Remove those and your lock cylinder should now be free to remove.

TomCat39

You will be replacing the whole lock system, which you will almost assuredly have to do as bad as they mangled that one. Watch this video and you will see he uses a punch to loosen the shear head bolts to be able to replace the whole lock mechanism.


Longer video demonstrating the same thing as well as install of the new one:


After this bit of learning, before you pull your's you should also google the 3 pins to punch your mangled cylinder apart for the tumblers and research copying your cylinder by pulling the tumblers and springs and put them into a junkyard cylinder:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-.../#post38883876

Or you can order a new one with your VIN number direct from Honda and it will be keyed for your car.

holmesnmanny

richpin is a great mechanic, I love watching his vids. That's a genius way to remove those bolts. Normally a mechanic would drill them off.

TomCat39

I always saw punch used, or corner of a flat tip you can beat on.

And I even saw a discussion where one person used a flat file and filed flats into the rounded bolt heads. I think they fought those with needle nose but the flats can be used as a good place to tap with your screw driver.

Another method I've seen is dremel flat tip type slots in the center top of the heads so you can use a normal flat tip to unscrew them.

Like Bryan M posted:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-.../#post37957472