[DML] Re: Steering wheel aligment

[dcsj@xxxx]

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 20:26:01 -0500, Dave Swingle wrote:

> > The other question is.....If you remove the center steering wheel pad
> > there is a large nut holding the wheel onto the column. Can this be
> > loosened up and reposition the steering wheel this way?? I don't
> > think, so but it's worth asking.
> 
> This is a very difficult procedure. There are puller holes in the
steering
> wheel but they are so small that they are guaranteed to strip out before
you
> get the wheel off the car. They are also an impossible-to-find metric
> size/length. The wheel is loc-tited to the column, so its very hard to
> remove without hammering on the column or heating it, which causes other
> problems. I'd try to get the lower end apart.
> 
>dave

Just a note: That impossible-to-find metric bolt for the steering wheel
removal isn't metric. Its an SAE 1/4- 28 NF thread.
I had to use 4 inch long bolts when I removed my wheel . But that was when I
replaced it with a better one. Not for recentering it . That is better done
at the lower shaft joints it's probably only off by one spline tooth
anyway.

Dennis




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