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

[Mark51p]

10. you now need to take the three T20 screws out that hold the airbag ring in



11. once these have been taken out you now need to take the ring out but need to hold the indicator thingy down so it can come out. i used a f@@ked electrical screwdriver to hold it down until the ring had pasted this but i have used a bit of paper and card in the past



try to keep the ring in the same position when you have taken it off as you need to put it back on in the same position. it only spins something like 3.5 turns both ways until it stops so if you put it back on with one side having less turns than the other it will smash it off when you turn full lock to the side that has less turns that the other.

12. you now need to take the three T30 bolts out that hold the indicator stalks off





13. you can now pull the off slightly



14. this now allows you to access the two screws that hold the dial surround in. there is one on each side





15. you need to take out the final two screws that hold this in, you need a T10 bit to take this out





16. this will now just pull out, pull the top out first. it will now look like this



17. there are now another three screws to take out that hold the dials in, these are T20 screws









18. there should be two connections behind the dials.
yellow controls the dial lights
black controls the warning lights

you need to push the release catch down on the top of then before the release clip will come off.



19. gently pull the dials out trying to avoid scratching the front of the dials on anything.

20. it should now look like this



to put them back togther just follow these steps in reverse remembering not to connect the battery until last.

i did this on my mk2 saxo, the method to do this may vary from mk1 to mk2 models

[megabob]

great guide, was thinking if changing the steering wheel soon and this is just what i needed

oh and plus to rep

[SaxoSully]

One of the best guides I've ever sen on here for two simple reason's simple to understand and you even tell us what torx size every screw is.
Great Guide Sully

[Proffitt]

Originally Posted by SaxoSully

One of the best guides I've ever sen on here for two simple reason's simple to understand and you even tell us what torx size every screw is.
Great Guide Sully

i will second that

Great guide...repped

[TU-Tuning]

Awesome guide mate good work. Only thing id add is that when you put it back together, you have to tape the indicator stalks cancelling switch to the top of the unit, otherwise the airbag wiring assembly wont go back in properly

[Mark51p]

just stick the screwdriver in again to slide the ring back in dont need to tape it imo

[Predator_R32p]

great stuff mark, its asked all the time

i just remove the two torx screws on the stalk and pull it out a little to to get the air bag ring sensor out though

was just gonna add it to the FAQS but ya got there before me

[Mark51p]

lol, added it earlier on mate. i know what you mean but thought it would be better if i took it all apart, gives people a better idea of how to take things apart

[Jimmy-Boy]

good stuff, sorry for sounding narb but you have to take the steering wheel, airbag etc out before accesing dials?

[Harv]

Originally Posted by Jimmy-Boy

good stuff, sorry for sounding narb but you have to take the steering wheel, airbag etc out before accesing dials?

Yup. Its pretty simple to do though, takes around 30mins (first time I did mine) then quicker when you know what your doing.

Great guide mate, way better than Haynes manual .

[Mark51p]

^^ didnt even know that it was in the Haynes Manual, lol

[Furio_Rob]

god knows how many times ive watched pred do this and still aint got a clue how to

great guide though

[danfish69]

Fantastic guide !

[d4r3n]

good guide mate but i just remove the 3 bolts holding the steering colum up and can get it out that way but still great guide

[Yates]

nice guide

takes me bout 5 mins to do it

oil temp needle needs to be put back in my clocks, didnt stick it back in some how lol

never disconnect battery for airbags i think they aint going to go off in a crash they aint gona go off when i disconnect them... but i live on the edge

[Mitie-Starkey]

good guide mate

[Steve]

nice one mark

[Sparco_Tom]

excellent guide mate just had a text off a mate asking me how to remove the steering the reply to him was sax-p

[carlos45]

i recognise that torx set! haha. decent guide, you learned from the master