Steering wheel swap guide, this is not common "how-to" but just small guide... |
Steering wheel swap guide, this is not common "how-to" but just small guide... |
Jan 6, 2007 - 4:04 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%) |
At last I had some time for another upgrade. Steering wheel swap... My stock one was 4-spoke with airbag/horn in the middle.
Just history now . Since today I have this one genuine 7th gen. Celica/91-04 MR2 st. wheel. Although horn mechanism and airbag connector were different everything is working now. And I'll try describe here how generally do that... believe it will be handy for anyone step no one: remove old steering wheel Two screws on sides (behind small covers) holds airbag part There are just two plugs inside. That yellow one is for airbag and white is horn (there is possibility also for cruise multi switch, where are many more wires. Horn wire is black, every time that last on right connected to wheel body) When you unplug everything + unscrew nut in the middle you should remove wheel with puller (w/o that it's not possible at all) step two: solving airbag connection Different airbag connector means find right module (spiral) for it... ...or use same airbag refill Of course... some customization should be done if airbag refill has different size (more are different, more custom work is needed). My one was just bit different... and airbag part was easy take into parts. step three: solving horn connection This step depends on type of horn you have. However every time it's about find how horn mechanism works, cut black wire off old wheel and connect it somewhere... It really depends on that horn mechanism. However it's really easy, just one wire to screw... somewhere . step four: piece everything together Installation of new wheel body (with same center bore of course) is easy... ...and in my case screw horn cable to airbag body (not wheel body like stock one)...and all finished . This post has been edited by malpaso: Jan 6, 2007 - 4:27 PM -------------------- No more replicas... This is evolution... This is SS-four :)
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Apr 22, 2009 - 11:17 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 2, '08 From SoCal Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
well its a little late for this now, but what i have in my tool box at work is a sharpie. whenever i have to change out a steering angle sensor, i mark the 12 o'clock position on the main steering shaft and the wheel so i get the wheel put back on in the right spot. all you can do at this point is count how many turns it takes to go from complete left to complete right, then divide that by 2. it should get approximately where you need it. i would start there and see what you can do. i'd recommend putting the front on jack stands to make it easy to turn the wheel without the car on and that way its easier to take off and put on the wheel in the spot you need without turning the car on.
hope that helps and if there's anything else i may be able to help you with, give me a holler. |
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