Changing my steering wheel

Dagon

I'm after getting a nice leather steering wheel and the right size hub adaptor/boss kit for my car. Now I need to get it installed. The car is a Honda Civic 98 with no airbags (thank god!).

Is this a difficult task, and should I attempt to do it myself? Or should I just get a mechanic to do it? I've heard that if the car has no airbag, then changing the steering wheel can be a doddle. Only thing is, there aren't any instructions with either the momo boss kit OR the steering wheel

Any advice?

green-blood

pull off the plastic cover on teh centre of the wheel, select correct socket and its off. Fitting the momo boss is a dodle, its basically a big spacer, the wheel should fit the boss easy enough, try this before dismantling, the only hassle withthis type of thing is making sure any wheel mounted controls still work - horn especially, thats an nct failure.

its a 15 minute job, good luck

Con9903

Make sure the wheels are aligned with the steering wheel too

Dagon

Right, thanks guys.

When you say take the cover off the centre of the wheel, I assume you mean the piece of plastic covering the steering column which has all the wiper controls & indicators sticking out?

Also, do I need to add any oil to the boss kit to ensure the steering is nice and smooth?

Dagon

By the way, this is the kind of wheel I've bought:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7968475218&category=33710

green-blood

nope, the very centre of you steering wheel should come off revelaing a large nut holdimng it to the column!!!

wouldnt be my choice, but hey. I just fitted a leather wheel to my saab in place of the plastic version, 5 minutes, but that was one original part for another