removing steering wheel

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removing steering wheel

By momoyouknow
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:58 am #172053 so i just got done w/ my dash swap and i wanna swap out my steering wheel but the screw for the air bag is still stripped. is there any way to remove the darn thing w/out takin out the airbag?
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By DontHateonEG8
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:49 am #172066 no, because the airbag covers the main locknut to take the steering wheel off. i would advise going to home depot or alternative hardware place and to get advise onto removing that stripped pecker.

good luck!
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By asianrob
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:31 pm #172167 i ran into this problem once. i had to drill the fucker out. if you plan on reusing the steering wheel with airbag. id replace those star bolts with 10mm.
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By momoyouknow
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:33 pm #172181 honestly i've tried to drill this sucker out with a dremel and power drill.. it's like some kinda omega screw!! :lol:

By imtyson
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:30 am #173164 so i heard that if you have a detachable steering wheel you wont be able to get your car deq'ed as well is that true?

By imtyson
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:30 am #173165 so i heard that if you have a detachable steering wheel you wont be able to get your car deq'ed as well is that true?

By deschlong
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:04 am #173175
momoyouknow wrote:honestly i've tried to drill this sucker out with a dremel and power drill.. it's like some kinda omega screw!! :lol:


I feel your pain. Thankfully, my Civic never had airbags (Canadian) ... but I have had this problem at the junkyard ... but at least there I can be a little less "civil" on the steering wheel. :)

I suggest getting a screw extractor instead of just trying to drill it out... should work infinitely better.
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By dro21
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:07 am #173379
deschlong wrote:
momoyouknow wrote:honestly i've tried to drill this sucker out with a dremel and power drill.. it's like some kinda omega screw!! :lol:


I feel your pain. Thankfully, my Civic never had airbags (Canadian) ... but I have had this problem at the junkyard ... but at least there I can be a little less "civil" on the steering wheel. :)

I suggest getting a screw extractor instead of just trying to drill it out... should work infinitely better.

The grabit is your what u need
take a look http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp ... ProdID=380
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By marquisdee1018
- Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:54 pm #173456 Craftsman makes a set like that but it isn't double sided. Works like a charm.
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