Sterring Wheel Rattle! Drivin Me Crazy!

[jake33]

ok as stated... when i go over bumps on roads the sterring wheel rattles., now i checked to make sure its not the keys in the ignition jingling, or the ignition hole iteslf. when i adjust the steering hieght up and down it makes the noise...(when i bang it down) it kinda sounds like and allen key tapping against metal (best sounding example) and it is definetly comming from the steering colum. anyone else had this prob or know what it might be.. ??? also is it easy to take the colum casing off.

so annoying!

cheers

jake

[Blitz]

Jake, its very very common - Its a weight inside the wheel that has a tendancy to come off.

The same thing happened on one of my Skylines and I removed the loose weight and that was it.

[jake33]

So what am i looking for(what it looks like)??? is it just sitting inside the colum?? if i remove it,, im guessing i wont need it for anything?? definetly would like to fix the problem, as my ride very stiff and the jingling noise happen over every slight bump!!

thanks.

jake

[RBwhatever]

my horn pressure plate went brittle and fell to pieces and that started rattling inside my steering wheel whenever I hit a bump or turned corners. Had to remove the plastic pressure plate because there was not much left of it. replaced it with the bottom of a coke tin and some zippy ties did wonders.

[jake33]

anyone?? i looked and saw philly head screws on the colum, but it looks a little more complicated.

cheers

jake

[ferni]

I don't know about the non airbag version, but the airbag version of the R33 wheel is pretty straight forward, just take the airbag out (you don't need to disconnect the airbag so no need to worry)... and you'll see the weight right there, big phillips head screw driver on 2 screws and its out, fix it and put it back or leave it out.

[jake33]

yeah i got the airbag version. ok will undo those screws and see what happens. just hoping the airbag doesnt deploy and screw me over.

[jake33]

yeah well undone all the screws (about 7 of em) took it all off to reveal a lot of wires, metal crap n shit still couldnt feel or find it it. have no idea what it even looks like. it seems its in the top half of the steering wheel (meaning right behind the wheel itself). when i turn the wheel side to side quickly i can here it rattling around... so litlle and minor but yet it get me so cut.

[JAS-25T]

Did you just rip the front off to do this? or is there some way of not being forcefull?