Changing steering wheels

[fr335tyl3r]

Hey all,

Long story short, the starion I bought had a crappy aftermarket steering wheel with a busted horn in place. I just bought a new autoteknika steering wheel and boss kit to change for the current setup, but ill be damned if i can figure out how to switch the boss kits over.

The old boss kit has a bolt coming up through the center with a nut on it that I have managed to remove, but the boss still does not move. There appears to be 5 rivets that may or may not be holding the kit on, it is hard to tell, but there is also a large round metal disc surrounding the bolt, with a smaller semi circle cut out of it. I have a feeling that this must be removed to put the new boss kit in.

Has anyone had any experience removing the standard boss from the starion to put a new aftermarket wheel in? IF anyone can help at all, it would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Jeff

[scum]

the way I have done it be4 is to leave the wheel on, put seat forward so the wheel is right in front of you, put knees behind wheel and try to force it off while leaving the nut on but loose at the end of the thread to protect it and use a brass punch and hammer and shock the steering coulomb (hit the nut), the boss will start to jump toward you then fall of after more hitting and pulling. might wanna check with others, if you damage the thread don’t blame me :D

[decoy]

fark man i've changed mine over but it was a while ago now... i remember the big bolt in the center, and allen screws holding the wheel in place, but i don't remember a large round metal disc surrounding the bolt. maybe have to find out from someone who's got a better memory :roll:

[fr335tyl3r]

Do you want me to take a picture of it to see if that might help me explain the situation?

[scum]

the starion I bought had a crappy aftermarket steering

the disk is part of the crappy boss that goes with the crappy wheel. i have a crappy one in the crap pile at home.

[decoy]

yeh might be best to take a photo. i'm pretty sure i had no hassles taking mine off. just undo the bolt and pull really hard. scum could be right about it being a part of the crappy boss tho, so yeh post that pic :P

[fr335tyl3r]

1. is the circle with teh semi circle cut out that I was referrign to.

2. is the rivets

3. is the main nut that I have managed to get off.

HTH

[Cookiemonster]

Undo the centre bolt but not all the way.. don't want that wheel to whack you in the gut.

Then pull like buggery. Give a yank on the left and yank it on the right. Top and bottom. Perservere and you'll get it.

The centre bolt is the only thing holding it on.

[Cam]

The easy part is getting it off, the hard part is getting it back on and the steering wheel straight.
Good luck.
Also i agree with scum's method.
has worked before

[RiceThief]

If you dont care about the crappy wheel, put it back on and use that to pull on the boss or the use it to wack off the boss.

[SpidersWeb]

Ive never removed a boss kit, but Mitsi factory wheels a few times to install BOSS kits, V3000's and Galants.

I took a different approach

Took the center nut off, got some other bastard to pull it, and giggled when he smacked himself in the face.

Didn't really hurt him, but I found it amusing. Got the wheel off!!

This post was handy, because now I've learned the obvious mistake, leave the centre bolt slightly on

cheers!

[CussCuss]

did this today cause i just had bolted the steering box back on and realised it wasnt completely straight sooooo just adjust the wheel. took the nut off and pulled like buggery. Mate got it off eventually but didnt smack himself in the face hehe. I had my arm there incase tho.

[NachoMan]

Changing steering wheels is fun! But you just gotta do it.
Anything to get rid of the ridiculously large stock Staz wheel! rofl
That was the first thing that I changed on my Staz.