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VX KAT
11/27/2012, 07:51 PM
INSTALL WIKI FOR NEW STEERING WHEEL:



DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL BEFORE STARTING ANY WORK!!!
YOU SERIOUSLY DON'T WANT THAT AIRBAG GOING OFF

1) REMOVE THE TWO 2 TORX (T30) SCREWS ON BACK OF STEERING WHEEL CENTER. THEY'RE ROUGHLY AT THE 10 AND 2 O'CLOCK POSITION WITH WHEEL STRAIGHT.
I MOVED MY WHEEL 90 DEGREES, TO GET MORE ACCESS FOR THE SCREWDRIVER,
** BUT DON'T DO IT THAT WAY...MAKES IT HARDER TO GET NEW WHEEL ALIGNED**.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9132.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9132.jpg.html)



2) GENTLY LIFT OFF THE AIRBAG ABOUT 2"-3" AND CONTINUE TO HOLD IT. IT'S ATTACHED TO TWO WIRES.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9183.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9183.jpg.html)



3) GENTLY UNPLUG THE TWO CONNECTORS, THEN LAY THE AIRBAG SAFELY TO THE SIDE.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/AIRBAGPIGTAILS2.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/AIRBAGPIGTAILS2.jpg.html)

UNPLUG WHITE CONNECTOR
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9179.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9179.jpg.html)


UNPLUG YELLOW CONNECTOR
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9176.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9176.jpg.html)




4) LOOSEN THE BIG GOLD NUT IN CENTER (19MM SOCKET). MINE HAD RED LOC-TITE ON IT, HAD TO USE A LONGER ROD FOR LEVERAGE TO LOOSEN. (DISREGARD THE DIRECTION I'M PULLING BAR AND IT'S THE NEW WHEEL IN PLACE....I DIDN'T TAKE PICS DURING REMOVAL PROCESS, BUT DID WHEN INSTALLING NEW)

USE AN EXTENSION ON THE SOCKET SO IT CLEARS THE WHEEL WHEN TURNING.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9310.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9310.jpg.html)

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9174.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9174.jpg.html)

REMOVE GOLD NUT
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9172-Version2.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9172-Version2.jpg.html)




5) NEED A STEERING WHEEL PULLER. I LOANED ONE FROM AUTOZONE, $20 DEPOSIT, GET IT BACK UPON RETURN.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9165.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9165.jpg.html)



6) THE 6 DIFFERENT BOLTS THAT CAME WITH MY KIT WERE NOT METRIC, AND NONE FIT THE SIDE HOLES. SO WE JUST ROUNDED UP EXTRA BOLTS WE HAD AROUND AND FOUND 2 THAT FIT, HEAD WAS 14MM.

SIDE BOLTS ON EITHER SIDE OF CENTER LARGER BOLT DON'T HAVE TO BE SCREWED DOWN ALL THE WAY, JUST TIGHT.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9160-1.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9160-1.jpg.html)





7) VERY CAREFULLY NOTE THE EXACT ALIGNMENT OF THE WHEEL ON THE VERY SMALL SPLINES.
THERE'S ALIGNMENT MARKS AT THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PRINTED WHEEL..





8) USE A RATCHET TO START TIGHTENING THE CENTER BOLT (16MM), WHICH PUSHES DOWN TO RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL.
TIGHTEN UNTIL WHEEL "POPS" AND IS RELEASED
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9166-1.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9166-1.jpg.html)




9) ONCE WHEEL HAS POPPED, MAKE SURE BOTH WIRES ARE CAREFULLY FED THRU OPENING AS YOU LIFT OFF THE OLD WHEEL.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9171.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9171.jpg.html)



10) PLACE NEW WHEEL ON CENTER POST, MATCHING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE OLD WHEEL EXACTLY ON THE SPLINES.

AGAIN, CAREFULLY FEED 2 WIRES THRU CORRECT OPENING.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9170.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9170.jpg.html)

11) REPLACE LARGE GOLD NUT TIGHTLY. ISUZU says Torque: 34 N?m (25 lb ft)




12) RECONNECT BOTH WIRES TO THE AIRBAG UNIT.

SNAP YELLOW UNIT INTO HOLDER:
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9177.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9177.jpg.html)

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9194.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9194.jpg.html)




13) CAREFULLY POSITION THE AIRBAG ONTO THE WHEEL, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO PINCH ANY WIRES.
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9181.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9181.jpg.html)


14) TIGHTEN THE TWO TORX NUTS THAT HOLD THE AIRBAG.


15) PRESTO!! GORGEOUS NEW STEERING WHEEL!
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9209.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9209.jpg.html)


SIZE COMPARISON:
WHEELS APPEAR TO BE SAME SIZE, BUT NEW SEEMS TO BE A BIT THICKER, BUT MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE THE OLD LEATHER HAS DRIED AND SHRUNK A BIT....DON'T KNOW.:_confused
http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9202.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9202.jpg.html)

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g386/photokat4/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9238.jpg (http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/photokat4/media/STEERING%20WHEEL%20INSTALL%20WIKI/DSCN9238.jpg.html)
pbkid
11/28/2012, 06:16 AM
Nice sue! Good work!

1 suggestion, please, please, please start your thread with 'disconnect negative battery terminal before starting any work'. I really would hate to see someone get injured or worse if they were not familiar with cars. Airbags are seriously dangerous.
VX KAT
11/28/2012, 07:34 AM
Good advice, thanks Jack!
tom4bren
11/28/2012, 09:02 AM
Additionally, the airbag module is classified as a pyrotechnic device. When you "lay the airbag safely to the side"; that should mean that you place it where it won't be dropped or damaged by falling items.

I've never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing an airbag deployment but Murphy is a permanent resident in my work area.
VX KAT
11/28/2012, 09:22 AM
Additionally, the airbag module is classified as a pyrotechnic device. When you "lay the airbag safely to the side"; that should mean that you place it where it won't be dropped or damaged by falling items.

I've never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing an airbag deployment but Murphy is a permanent resident in my work area.

I treated the airbag like it was nitroglycerin!
I wasn't sure if it could deploy/blow once the connectors were detached.
Plus I wasn't sure if it could blow up from the back side as well as the front side, so I was uber careful to keep my headoff to the side and away from it when I was removing/reinstalling it. (I'm assuming maybe only one of the two wires was for the airbag, the other for the horn maybe?)
tom4bren
11/28/2012, 10:11 AM
Ya done it right ... obviously since you're able to type today. Warning was just for the next victim ... errr ... participant!!!

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showpost.php?p=269321&postcount=7

Look at page 9J-11 of the attachment
tom4bren
11/28/2012, 10:15 AM
I treated the airbag like it was nitroglycerin!

Learnin' those big techno-words from Hubby???

I wasn't sure if it could deploy/blow once the connectors were detached.
Plus I wasn't sure if it could blow up from the back side as well as the front side, so I was uber careful to keep my headoff to the side and away from it when I was removing/reinstalling it.

When secured to the steering wheel, all the force goes outward. When being held in your hand, basically 1/2 of the force will come back towards you!!!

(I'm assuming maybe only one of the two wires was for the airbag, the other for the horn maybe?)

Prolly


:)
VX KAT
11/28/2012, 06:21 PM
oh, forgot to mention the torque spec for the fixing nut:
Torque: 34 N·m (25 lb ft)
Ldub
11/28/2012, 07:24 PM
Nice write up Suzee...:thumbup:

Ya done good...:yesgray:
Ldub
11/28/2012, 07:34 PM
Them old airbags pack a pretty good wallop...BANG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6AymSKSDI)

Notice how the guy "rag dolls" on his trip down from the ceiling...:slap:

Might have been a wee bit of al-key-hol involved...
Triathlete
11/29/2012, 06:50 AM
Nice write up Suzee...:thumbup:

Ya done good...:yesgray:

We might make a mechanic out of her yet....next thing you know we'll hace her crawling underneath, getting dirty and changing axle shafts :)
tom4bren
11/29/2012, 06:55 AM
We might make a mechanic out of her yet....next thing you know we'll hace her crawling underneath, getting dirty and changing axle shafts :)

Pink ones???
VX KAT
11/29/2012, 07:05 AM
Pink ones???

no, but maybe if they're purple......hmmmm.....?
Scott Larson
11/29/2012, 07:08 AM
...And that's why there's powdercoat...:rotate:
DJohn'99VX
11/29/2012, 07:24 AM
wow thanks for the info!!
VX KAT
11/29/2012, 07:26 AM
wow thanks for the info!!

and here's the thread with the ebay seller info where several of us got the brand new wheels for $79.99, then $99.99 (seller upped priced)
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?threadid=23403
Ldub
11/29/2012, 07:49 AM
...And that's why there's powdercoat...:rotate:

I wore my powder coat yesterday, but it was really windy & it blew away...:(
Scott Larson
11/29/2012, 12:50 PM
Damn Dub that musta left ya with severe scroticular shrinkage considerin' the temperage and all... :mbrasd:
tom4bren
11/29/2012, 12:55 PM
Damn Dub that musta left ya with severe scroticular shrinkage considerin' the temperage and all... :mbrasd:

Now YOU brought it up!

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showpost.php?p=266915&postcount=78
Ldub
11/29/2012, 01:05 PM
Damn Dub that musta left ya with severe scroticular shrinkage considerin' the temperage and all... :mbrasd:

Yeh...like a bad case of the raisin sac...:eekgray:


Now YOU brought it up!

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showpost.php?p=266915&postcount=78

:laughing:...

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/seinfeld_shrinkage.jpg
Scott Larson
11/29/2012, 01:22 PM
And now we have digressed and it seems I have only myself to blame...and yous guyz of course! :slap: