I have the good fortune to have a steering wheel and column out of a car and able to practice on it today. (I.e. no need to take mine apart just yet.) I did this because I am changing the wheel on my 1991 to a much newer, perforated model.
I went through the checklist...power down (check, okay kidding here sing the car is in pieces), remove the screws and single torx on the panel, remove the plastic cover and remove the remaining torx screw. Next slide off the center airbag assembly. Next, unclip the yellow SRS clips as well as the grounding wire. I removed the big nut and began to slide the wheel off when I realized that one of the two yellow connectors was going to be a bear to get through the opening. Did I do something wrong at this point? This last point had me worried that I would end up with a paper weight in my garage (the car, not the parts.)
Any of you have any best-practices or process tricks?
I went through the checklist...power down (check, okay kidding here sing the car is in pieces), remove the screws and single torx on the panel, remove the plastic cover and remove the remaining torx screw. Next slide off the center airbag assembly. Next, unclip the yellow SRS clips as well as the grounding wire. I removed the big nut and began to slide the wheel off when I realized that one of the two yellow connectors was going to be a bear to get through the opening. Did I do something wrong at this point? This last point had me worried that I would end up with a paper weight in my garage (the car, not the parts.)
Any of you have any best-practices or process tricks?