DIY: Steering Wheel Lock Failure FIX!

extralarge

Hi everybody,

I am a (currently sad) french owner of a G37 Infiniti, equiped by the same (un)famous unit as the GTR & 370 (48700JF00A) and, of course, it's faulty and my car doesn't start.
There is no recall, unfortunately, by Infiniti.

I've already read tons of threads. Tapping/hitting doesn't help. And I don't want to open and rebuild it for the moment because it's quite complex...

So I bought the SL unit of a used crashed 370z (a D version).

But before installing it on the column, in order to confirm the defect, I just connected the unit, hanging to the wire. The car started, I was happy.
And when I turned ignition off, the lock went out, seems ok.

=>The trouble is now that the lock refuses to withdraw again, preventing from starting again. It seems that the unit has inhibited itself, due to the lack of physical constraints by the column.


Am I right? Or can you see another reason? How to restore it in unlocked position?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Best Regard,

Phil.