How to - Remove Steering wheel & Dials

[Mark51p]

ive done this a number of times now so thought id make a guide on how to take the steering wheel off and the dials out. it actually started off just taking the steering wheel off but then went on to taking the dials out (so i could fix my clock,lol)

You will need the following tools

Torx bits - T10,T20,T30,T50
tiny flat headed screwdriver
possibly 8mm spanner

1. first things first, becasue your steering wheel has an airbag in you need to disconnect the battery and leave it for atleast 10 mins for the charge to leave the airbag. i had to use an 8mm spanner to take my negative terminal off the battery. i decided to take both terminals off for some reason but you could just take the positive one off.







2. you then need to take the plastic pannel off under the steering wheel. you need a T20 torx bit for this. there is a screw each side.







3. this then just pulls down, out and off



4. pull the top part of the cover off and you should have something that looks like this



5. by the time you have done this 10 mins should have passed so its time to take the air bag out of the steering wheel. YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFULL WITH THE AIRBAG, IT CAN GO OFF AT ANYTIME IF NOT HANDLED WITH CARE

there are two T30 bolts behind the steering wheel that hold the airbag in, these bolts do not come out once they have been loosed. its just the air bag that comes out







4. the airbag should not be loose and you are able to gently pull it out, dont pull it all the way out until you have disconnected it from the airbag loom



the airbag loom plug just pulls out



5. it should not look like this



6. PUT YOUR AIRBAG SOMEWHERE SAFE UNTIL YOU NEED IT AGAIN



7. you now need to take the bolt out that holds the steering wheel on, the bolts is a T50 head.



take this out, i found it easyer to put the steering lock on



8. you now need to mark a notch on the splines that the steering wheel fits onto before taking the steering wheel off, this will make it alot easier when putting it back together so the wheel is lined up with the actual car wheels

9. you now need to pull the steering wheel off but be very carefull not to catch the orange plug as you pull it off as it will rip it off the airbag ring

once pulled off it should look like this



THAT IS HOW TO TAKE YOUR STEERING WHEEL OFF, FOLLOW THE REST OF THE GUIDE FOR HOW TO TAKE THE DIALS OUT