I would like to know if it is possible to remove the steering wheel and "clock" it around 40 degrees? Is it difficult to remove the plastic cover to get to it?
Thanks,
Greg
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Greg

What you ask is easy to do. The center plastic part of the steering wheel (NO air bag, right?) comes off by pulling on it straight at your chest as you sit in the driver's seat. Grip by the right and left edges and pull. You'll see how it's attached when you get it off.

Then you'll see a hole in the center of the wheel and a nut down in there. It takes a specific size deep well socket - and I don't remember what size it is. Another BBRE-er will know. 24mm, 15/16, or 17/16, I forgot.

Once the nut is off, the spring behind it might push the wheel off. If not, a few sharp whacks with a medium hammer should do it.

BUT - why do you want to do this? Before changing the wheel, be sure that the steering gear, rack, tie rods, alignment, etc, are all correct.

Good Luck,

Bob

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BC
Thanks for the response.
I put a new (rebuilt) rack on the car and in order to
get equal amounts of threads on the tie rod shafts before
aligning, the wheel has to be adjusted a little.
I was afraid there was no way to rotate it a notch or two.
Thank you.
Greg
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Greg

OK, that makes sense to tweak the wheel. You can do a rough alignment yourself if you need to. The front of the front tires should be 1/16 inch closer together than the back of the tires.

It's a bit of a PITA, because (1) the measurements must be taken 1/2 way up the tire, and

(2) each time you make a change in the tie rod end adjustment the front wheels must be off the ground and afterwared, car on ground, it must be rolled 5 or 6 feet forward and back to get the loading on the wheels correct.

But - all that will allow you to drive the car short distances and to see if the steerng wheel is far out from centered or not.

The shaft to which the steering wheel is bolted has a splined cone shaped end that fits into the wheel. The splines are very small, so teeny weeny adjustments are possible.

Good Luck,

Bob

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Bob,
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Exactly what I wanted to know about the degree(s) of movement possible.
Greg
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Greg

Isn't it 27 mm? Deep, anyway.

Erling.
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Erling,
Thanks for the response.
I'll check 27mm.
Greg
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Greg

Hi -

I bought the socket for the steering wheel, and I wrote on the packaging what it's for, but it's out in the garage and I'm not going to go look. 27 mm is real close to 1-1/16 inch, which is what I think I have. Sometimes the larger and deep well sockets in metric sizes are hard to find.

Good answer, thanks.

Bob

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