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Marco-R34GTT

By Marco-R34GTT,
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KeeFy Mentor

KeeFy

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Actually all you need to do is shock the steering coloumn. Take a bar of soft metal (aluminium), and a hammer, just give it a medium knock on the head, and that should loosen ur steering wheel, worked for me everytime.

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  • 3 weeks later...
inthisglass Grand Master

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Ok so i bought one of the HKB boss kits from malz but it didnt come with the star tool to take off my stock steering wheel which leaves me stuck before i have even started.

so does anyone have one of the star tools that i can borrow?

i have this nice leather nismo wheel and its just sitting around in my room :(

inthisglass Grand Master

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alright so its a funny story but my aim was to get my old steering wheel off and get my new one on.

and i acieved just that.

so i needed these torx screws out, but they were bigger than any of the ones i had, PLUS they were security screws so they had the piece of metal in the centre of them. So first of all i got my drill and drilled out the center of the torx screw so i could try use a big screwdriver. Needless to say this didnt work but it was worth a try.

so then i decided to try and go through the front of the steering wheel by removing all the plastic coverings, so i could use multigrips to undo the torx screws from the side.

well i managed to get the torx screws out using the multigrips but the difficult part was removing the plastic cover from the front of the wheel.

now, i have nfi how the hell the front of the steering wheel comes off when the airbag wants to come out because i had to drill out 9 rivits and cut a few sections of plastic in order to reveal the airbag.

so i was now at the point of no return as i had esentially just used a drill to remove what wasnt meant to be removed.

nevermind the nismo wheel is better..

so i then had to get the air bag out of the way (which is pink by the way?? i always thought they were white)

now airbags are mighty tough as i descovered and had to resort to a pair of tin snips to get rid of it.

so i finally got it off and i was surprised that i was able to pull it of the steering column by just giving it a few hard knocks either side.

Then i managed to put the boss kit and steering wheel on with no problems. Apart from the fact i didnt put it on straight the first time as my wheels werent perfectly straight when i parked the car..

word of advice: DONT do what i did! be patient and either borrow or go buy a torx key as you will save A LOT of time and you will be able to use the airbag in the future if you feel the need.

:P:)

NISZILA Grand Master

NISZILA

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:P

Thats hilarious. Can't believe you went through all that. If I knew thats what you were going to do, I would have offered to come to your place, bring the key, and do it for you.

Oh well, at least you've got it one know lol

  • 1 month later...
Marco-R34GTT Grand Master

Marco-R34GTT

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lol...

Still haven't put my wheel on... I've only really been full time in Perth now for about 3 or so weeks...

I need to ask a n00bish question... Star key and allen key aren't the same thing are they???

bubba Grand Master

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intheglass, you're lucky that thing didn't go off in your face.. you will probably find the pink colour is due to a coating that will protect the airbag whent he explosive goes off..

You shouldn't fk with airbags people..

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