I removed my steering wheel to replace a broken combo switch.
But now steering wheel doesn't seem to seat itself far enough down onto the splines
of the steering column. I can get the nut on.
Looks like i have another 1/4 inch to go before the brush for the horn
contract will even touch. But it seems like that's as far down as the
wheel wants to go. Does this need a press? It was that hard to remove
in the first place.

Maybe i have the wrong combo switch? The combo switch had a self-centering
pin that goes into a hole in the steering column. So there's only one way for
the combo switch to go on. I think I already tossed the old one away, so
I can't compare. But everything lines up and works like it did.

I've turned the wheel and tried every possible spline combination
to see if maybe I had it misaligned. But it's the same all the way around.
I'm positive that I have it dead center now.

But before I try to crank it down even harder, I thought I'd ask u guys.

Thanks!

'85 GS - running strong @ 145K stock

 

The steering colomn has plastic clips in the middle. Sometimes they break which causes the steering shaft to go down a little. If that happens, you have to take the steering box out, remove the plastic that holds the steering shaft and put a screw in both sides to steady it. Put the steering wheel on,,screw the nut & it will go in.

 

do you have the turn signal cancelling ring's **** lined up with the holes on the steering wheel?

 

If nothing is binding or caught, preventing the wheel from seating farther down, use the nut to draw it down as you tighten it.