Unfortunately, the clockspring in my 95 XJR was broken yesterday. I had to remove the steeringconsole from the car, and for some reason, I must have turned the steeringwheel one turn before I was putting it back in the car.
This caused a broken clockspring when I turned the steeringwheel, and the airbaglight and airbag message went on. It also have some strange scraping noises when I turn the wheel.

I have one spare clockspring, and I have a question about that:
Is it normal that the two pins in the same airbagcontact have contact? When I measure the two wires in the Yellow cable, it's contact the normal way, beween the two contacts, but also when I crossmeasure it.
It's contact between both the wires in this yellow cable, and it's not mounted in the car or something else. Just as in the picture.


Spare clockspring


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That's normal. There is a shorting bar in the connector on the longer cable in your picture. It's a safety thing.

If you look inside the connector you will see it. The shorting bar is pushed away when the connector is attached to the harness.

If you want to test your clockspring, the shorting bar can be removed. But don't forget to put it back before putting it in the car.

If you look at the connector on the actual airbag you will see a similar shorting bar.

 

Thanks. Then I can asume that my spare clockspring can be changed with the broken one without any danger.
By the way: What do the letters mean: "IMPORTANT. DO NOT USE IF CLIP IS MISSING OR BROKEN"?