Steering wheel replacement
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Racer
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From: Cape coral Florida
Steering wheel replacement
I have on order an new steering wheel up grade for my 08. How difficult is the swap and are there any tips from someone who has done this could give me . Any special tools needed ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated thamnks
Drifting
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Burning Brakes
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I took mine off to put in a HUD. The hardest part was fishing in those little holes to release the air bag. I did not need a puller either. Gave the wheel a good tug and it popped right off the shaft.
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Disconnect the battery, and pull the air bag fuse wait 5 minutes. Then remove the air bag. Use a puller on the wheel, there is a collapsible joint on the steering shaft that you can damage. Do not turn the clock spring there is a center to it. Put the wheel back on how the old one came off.
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what wheel did you get???? I put an 12 GS on my 08, I like it a lot.
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I've never used a steering wheel puller on a C6 either.
After disconnecting the battery, waiting 15 minutes, and then disconnecting and completely removing the airbag from the car:
1) Loosen the steering wheel center nut so there is a clearly visible small gap (3-4 millimeters or so) between the nut and the steering wheel center -- do NOT remove the nut. The exact gap isn't important -- the nut should still be loosely threaded on the shaft but no longer touching the steering wheel so the wheel has a little room to move in the next step.
2) Sit in the driver's seat. Grab the steering wheel firmly at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions, and pull it firmly but gently, lefthand-righthand-lefthand (like you're boxing) each hand alternately going toward and then away from your chest. The wheel should pop off without much force after a few L-R-L pull cycles. (you leave the nut loosely threaded so when the steering wheel pops off, you don't end up with the wheel in your face! It also keeps the airbag connectors from getting snagged and possibly damaged from the suddenly freed wheel)
If it doesn't pop with just a few rounds of *moderate* tugging, don't go all HulkSmash on it and risk damage -- give up and get a puller. It has always worked well for me, but maybe I've just been lucky
Last edited by Kent1999; Aug 7, 2015 at 12:44 AM.
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