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Old 09-15-2020, 11:47 AM   #1
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So I removed the steering wheel to stitch the new wheel cover on and when I tried to put the wheel back on the column, I could not push the wheel deep enough to make the wheel and column splines flush. I was able to get a grip on the splines (may be 5mm deep total), so the wheel sits on the splines and splines are aligned but I cannot push it deeper for some reason.

Main question is should the splines be flush? If so, how do I make sure I make them flush? If not, what depth is enough? The whole idea of seeing the unused part of the splines on the steering wheel and then putting the 11mm lug nut on top is worrying.
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Old 09-15-2020, 11:50 AM   #2
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This is the gap I was talking about
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Old 09-16-2020, 07:19 AM   #3
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I don't suppose you noticed whether this gap existed before you removed the steering wheel?

Offhand, I'd say there should be a gap, in order for the nut to be positively clamping the wheel against what I would expect is a shoulder on the shaft. Bottoming the nut against the splines (splines flush with the wheel surface or sticking out slightly) would serve no useful purpose.


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Old 09-16-2020, 09:30 AM   #4
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Did you grease the splines before you re-installed the steering wheel?
- Remember you needed a puller ( or bang on the wheel ) to remove the steering wheel in the first place.
- Re-installing the nut may simply press the wheel back to it's original position.

As Norm asked, was the gap there before you removed the steering wheel?
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Old 09-17-2020, 09:32 PM   #5
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I don't suppose you noticed whether this gap existed before you removed the steering wheel?

Offhand, I'd say there should be a gap, in order for the nut to be positively clamping the wheel against what I would expect is a shoulder on the shaft. Bottoming the nut against the splines (splines flush with the wheel surface or sticking out slightly) would serve no useful purpose.


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I think even with this gap, the steering wheel is pretty much bottomed out. I cannot push it deeper nor there is a lot of space between the back of the wheel and the plastic cover on the column

Too bad I did not notice how it sat originally, and unfortunately all YouTube videos do not pay attention to that.
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Old 09-17-2020, 09:35 PM   #6
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Did you grease the splines before you re-installed the steering wheel?
- Remember you needed a puller ( or bang on the wheel ) to remove the steering wheel in the first place.
- Re-installing the nut may simply press the wheel back to it's original position.

As Norm asked, was the gap there before you removed the steering wheel?
Yes I went ahead without a puller but I had to pull really hard, moving the steering wheel left to right etc.
Also think the nut may push the wheel a little bit deeper as when I tried to re-install it, I had 2 good turns on the nut before it locked in place.

My bad I did not remember if there was a gap but it looks to me that there is simply no way to push the steering wheel further in, otherwise the back of the wheel will start interfere with the clockspring...
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Old 09-18-2020, 12:52 PM   #7
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I can't be 100% certain, but I think you are in as far as you can go.

I recently pulled my steering wheel and I do not remember if there was a gap or not but I do remember it looked a little " funny ", ie; looking like it should have been further down on the shaft.

I think you are good to go
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Old 09-18-2020, 01:13 PM   #8
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Yeah I just reinstalled the wheel back on and I think it sits deep enough, so the end of the steering column is protruding through the 17mm nut..

Another problem and I think I am screwed is I did not fix the clockspring position and now have the whole spectrum of error messages on my dashboard, starting from dccd blinking, c.diff locked to abs and hill assist malfunction.

I tried to reset the clockspring as per the manual found on this site, but the errors did not go away. So I am most likely looking at the steering angle sensor malfunction. Oh well
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