DIY: Steering Wheel Removal

Mr&Mrs

Wow! I think you removed to much good thing I had a disclaimer

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GaleForce

It was so easy to remove the steering wheel, i just kept going.

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tmk988

I replaced my steering wheel and all went seamlessly thanks to this thread. However, I have two issues:
1) The horn is not working. Does anyone know which wire I must have not connected correctly that controls the horn?
2) The wheel is crooked. When I put it back on, I aligned the engraved lines, but as I tightened the center lock nut, the wheel starts to drift. Is there a trick to keep this from happening other than just holding the wheel very tight?

Nut_N_Much

If you lined the splines up with the reference mark it's the same alignment as it was when you removed it. Steering feed back while driving is your alignment not steering wheel.

Rob --- Just put my wheel on and i love it.. You made it so easy.. Shout out to Kelly for directing me from thousands of miles away.

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tmk988

Here is what may be the 'straight' issue. I did not use my original wheel, but another one that was used by the guy who made my new wheel. I think that the scribe marks may have been put on after the steering wheels were put on at the factory and hence are unique to each car. I put my new wheel on again and despite the fact that the lines are slightly unaligned, the wheel now seems straight... The horn is still not working though!

Horizon

I had both of these issues. The issue of the wheel not lining up was fixed when I got an alignment, but 9 months later I still don’t have a horn.

Inflaymes

New wheel probably didn't come with the little, round, copper horn contact points. (2) Mine didn't and I had to complain and get some sent to me, which took another 2 months.

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Horizon

While you might be correct, I am learning towards this being an issue with the connection of the grey plug that sits to the left of the airbag. My reasoning behind this is due to my pick up/end call button no longer working after this install, in addition to the horn. Do you have any pictures of the copper pieces? I purchased my wheel from @Jaliscos_carbonfiber on Instagram, and he didn't mention anything like that. If I remember correctly, when I first installed the wheel, the red racing line was like 5-10 degrees off center. This led to me removing the wheel two or three times in total in an attempt to get it center (this was fixed when I got my alignment). I also had an EXTREMELY hard time (every time I removed the wheel) disconnecting the grey plug due to my fingers being too large to reach the release for the grey harness. As a result, I had to use numerous random objects such as skewers, and long screwdrivers in order to push the clip down.

NorthStyle

Sounds like you may have damaged the clock spring connector. Do you have any lights on in the dash and/or are your stereo buttons working?

Horizon

Well, it seems we were both sort of right. I removed my carbon wheel the other day and noticed that I didn’t have the copper pieces that you had mentioned, which explains why the horn didn’t work. The thing I’m confused about now is that my pick up/end call button still doesn’t work, which has me confused. I rotated the clock spring to the left and right and the amount of turns were even, so now I’m not even sure if still broke the clock spring 🤷🏼*♂️.

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