Just curious how to do this.. im hoping to tackle this by tonight... i dont have a Haynes Manual near me, sorry for asking but if anyone could give me advise on how to remove the wheel... any help would be awesome! thanks..

Tyler

 

Easy. Remove the horn cap/cover and there's a nut. Remove the nut and try to wiggle the steering wheel off. If it won't come off that easily, use a STEERING WHEEL puller. If you don't have one, you can get one from an auto parts store.

 

pry off the center cover piece, remove bolt (i use a 4-way tire tool) and thump on the back sides till it works off.

 

perfect.. i just found one of those 4 way thingys in the back of my car should i dissconner the horn fuse? where the heck is it? thanks guys!

 

Careful when you put it back on... My turn signal doesnt stop when I set the wheel straight anymore...

Theres two pegs on the turn signal canceling cam that can break if you dont put the wheel back on right.

 

ok, wheres this fuse?

 

it's in the fuse box on the driver's side , under the dash. You really dont need to disconnect it

 

i just ran down there and tryed prying it off and the "air horn" i have for a hona kept going off.. really annoying!

 

p.s - what one is it?

 

oh yeah...it's been a while. better to disconect it

 

dont you have the diagram on the cover?

 

Just disconnect the batery man. And good luck with the wheel. On some 7's I have a VERY hard time even with the proper tools. If you have to use a steering wheel puller, be careful not to bend the wheel where the bolts go in.

 

it's all about wiggle

 

maybe ill just put a pillow over the air horn ill go try that.. anyways i can just try up the cover? how is it held on there?

 

Yeah, right, but I never seem to manage
Guess I don't have the feeling for wiggling

I managed on my old '84, but I couldn't do the job on the FC...

 

depends if the wheel has ever been off since the car was built or not.

If it has, a socket and power bar will do the trick (watch the spring doesn't kick the socket back into your chin once the nut is off)

if not, that steering wheel is on factory-tight and you'll likely need a steering wheel puller or 28" biceps

 

I second the steering wheel puller. And watch for them pesky turn signal pegs.

A final thing to watch for is there is a small metal cylinder at the end of a spring beneath the metal plate under the horn. The little metal cylinder *I think* holds a small, tiny, real cute little ball bearing. The idea here is the wheel has to turn but still maintain continuity with the horn down the line. The little spring exerts a force on the ball which can rotate freely on the metal plate you turn the wheel.

I say *I think* because I didn't see it when i took the wheel off, but when I put it all back together again, the wheel would make an annoying fingernail vs. chalkboard type "scraaaape" when I turned the wheel. I took it off and noticed that maybe a ball could go in there, so I salvaged one from an older combo switch and voila no more scrapey. If anyone can verify this let me know.

While you have the wheel off you might consider cleaning the combo switch real good as it's bound to start actin' an *** at some point down the road. Number 2 pencil eraser, some contact cleaner, and proper grease for that job.

Good luck.

Right on.

 

yeah thanks for all the help guys.. it was pretty easy to get the wheel off.. a little 5 year old girl couldve done it.. anyways the new wheel looks good.. i love stripping the interior!