Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 00:53:47 +0100 From: Davey <nospamnopsamorld.com> Subject: Re: Centering steering wheel
ummmmmm be carefull if ur car has an Airbag................ Davey Grunff wrote: > Johannes H Andersen wrote: > >> The steering wheel on my 1993 9000 is about 10 deg out of center. >> Tracking seems OK. I've got used to this, but would like to correct >> it if possible. But how? It is a Saab leather steering wheel, I can't >> see any way that it will come off the steering column. What has caused >> the rotation of the steering wheel? The car has always been like that >> since I bought it second hand. > > > Either the wheel was taken off and put back on off-center (unlikely), or > the tracking was set, but they didn't center it. > > You have two ways to fix it - adjust the tracking, or the steering > wheel. If the car tracks nice and straight, then my advice is to leave > the tracking and adjust the wheel - it'll take 10 minutes max. > > The wheel is splined onto the shaft, and held on with one big nut. You > can get at this by removing the center emblem, or whatever cover the > wheel has. If your car has airbags, then follow the procedure in the > manual. > > Once you've removed the nut, you yank the wheel off, and put it on > straight. That's it. Done. > > -- > Grunff >
