Eg- Removing the airbag wheel

[TYPE-ONE]

hey all.

Just wondering if anyone has some tips for taking off the airbag wheel on an EG civic.

Which steps should be taken first.

Thanks

[EG5[KRT]]

take off the battery negative.. wait about 10 mins just in case..

then u need torx 30 or 40 i think.. cant remember

[ECU-MAN]

torx bit 40

3min will do, 10 is to long

[Boban]

Question, why are you taking it off?

Mine is crooked (they stuffed it up when they did a wheel alignment) so i'm gonna have to get off my behing one day and fix it, so thanx for the tips eg5 and ecu-man

[EG5[KRT]]

u gotta b careful when taking it off as well and just re installing the steering wheel

coz ur indicators might not cancel properly.. better to take back to get a proper wheel alignment done.. coz they should fix it afta the wheel alignment

i.e by doing a static w/a then test drive then a dynamic w/a adjustment

so ya id take it bak to where u got the w/a done!

[Boban]

i took it back as soon as i noticed what they did but they said they didn't have anyone who could do it, and since my bro is a mechanic and they use each other businesses they told me to take it to them.

This was quickfit at macgregor by the way

[ECU-MAN]

taking the stearing wheel off to recenter it after a wheel alignment is a big no no.

take it back to the place that did the alighnment and make them fix it from the tie rods.

[hoonda]

In case you were planning on taking it off to replace it with a sports (ie non-airbag) item, thought you might want to know that is illegal, and you will be defected for it.

[mrwillz]

sometime it happens that the wheel is crooked after wheel alighnment
they shud adjust fo rfree
its anooying az

[TYPE-ONE]

im taking it off to put sports wheel
i noe its illegal. everything is illegal

[Boban]

hahaha so true man, you can get booked for everything these days. Just be carefull of the "SRS" light on the dash, it will stay on (unless you take out the bulb). And rebadge your car as a breeze, they didn't come out with air bag steering wheels.

ECU-MAN, why is it a no no, just out of curiousity. I don't really care any more been like that for over a year now. I took it back but they must've been n00bs because they couldn't fix it. I told them to forget it and drove off without paying for the wheel alignment

[ECU-MAN]

beacuse the

stearing rack is no longer in the central position and will forever be a bit to the left or right and no longer rest in its central position.

also might not be noticable but you will have mo travel on the left than the right or vise versa

on NSX, S2000 , prelude, you will make the sub stearing angle sensor go out of alighnment and cause 4ws and or EPS problems,

a major nightmare in 4ws preludes

[Boban]

ok thanx for that mate, like i said doesn't bother me any more, got used to it

BTW, Typeone, good luck

[Edgeauto]

on NSX, S2000 , prelude, you will make the sub stearing angle sensor go out of alighnment and cause 4ws and or EPS problems,

a major nightmare in 4ws preludes

Amen brother

[GRU53M]

And rebadge your car as a breeze, they didn't come out with air bag steering wheels.:confused:

Im sorry to tell you but the 95 civic breeze came out with an air bag wheel as standard.

[Boban]

And rebadge your car as a breeze, they didn't come out with air bag steering wheels.:confused:

Im sorry to tell you but the 95 civic breeze came out with an air bag wheel as standard.

shhhhhh the cops don't know that, and no need to be sorry for it man

[BLKek]

Hope your not paying for insurance, cos consider it void :thumbdwn:

[TYPE-ONE]

does anyone know of any write ups to remove the wheel?

[ECU-MAN]

have you looked in the DIY section

[Vidospace]

I took one off a DelSol. It isnt too hard. you just have to make up a copper plate/wire for the new horn. My main issue is that I cant tighten the hub properly. If I tighten it completely the steering is super heavy (basically there is no play in the wheel what so ever), but if I loosen it so it moves correctly then the wheel is too loose and feels like it might come off. I am working on it with my mechanic to sort it out.