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thisisagame24
04-21-2008, 04:24 PM
ok well this will be usefull for all those who want to install and aftermarket steerwheel or quick release

the tools you will need are:
rachet with 10mm and 3/4 sockets
at least a 3inch extention
T30 tourx screw
flat head screw driver

the first thing you want to do is disconnect the battery and let the car sit for 15 min to make sure all the power is out of the system so the air bag wont deploy when you disconect the SRS

secondly you need to remove the top part of the steering column cover which you just grabe the sides and pull up. comes off very easy

after that you need to locate the two tabs on either side of the steering wheel.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-049.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-053.jpg

there is a slot for either one to slide in a flat head screw driver. push them in to get a little seperation and push the tabs and they should come off

now you should see this
driver side:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-056.jpg

passanger side:
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-054.jpg

on each side there is one tourx screw. un-do those
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-060.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-061.jpg

once those are un-screwed the air bag should slide out with a little wiggling

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-063.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-064.jpg

there are 3 connectors that need to be un done.
1) yellow SRS
2)grey cruise control
3)blue horn

ones those are undone the air bag is now free
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-065.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-066.jpg

now with the air bag free there will be one bolt holding on the steering wheel, this is where you need the 3/4 socket and extention
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-067.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-069.jpg

ok....after that nuts is off the wheel is free to come off. this might take some strength and some leverage. and be carefull not to yank the wires like i did out of the SRS spindle because thats not cheap to replace:mfrown:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-070.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-cars/Steering%20Wheel%20-%20Mike/brianmike-071.jpg

Aug
04-21-2008, 04:44 PM
Awesome DIY!

thisisagame24
04-21-2008, 04:50 PM
and some tastey pie afterwards

Aug
04-21-2008, 05:00 PM
and some tastey pie afterwards

Yeah, that Indian cashier at Wendy's really tossed my salad.. if you know what I mean :msmile:

mario543k20
04-21-2008, 05:06 PM
awesome DIY boys

jeenyusss
04-21-2008, 05:13 PM
i hope this turns sticky, i just had my revhard go sticky, we can be sticky bros:grouphug:

thisisagame24
04-21-2008, 05:19 PM
i hope this turns sticky, i just had my revhard go sticky, we can be sticky bros:grouphug:

whooo hooo i hope so

jeenyusss
04-21-2008, 05:21 PM
mike do you/can you take off my cluster and take the bulb off for the flashing green key. im going to punch myself in the face if i drive and see that anymore

ep3moschini
04-21-2008, 05:53 PM
I always wanted to know how to do this without blowing my face up

creamSODA
04-21-2008, 05:56 PM
nice DIY

Psykoasn
04-21-2008, 06:03 PM
you should include a DIY on how to remove the buld for the SRS light LOL, or mabey i'll make one to remove the cluster if anyone needs it

thisisagame24
04-21-2008, 06:14 PM
mike do you/can you take off my cluster and take the bulb off for the flashing green key. im going to punch myself in the face if i drive and see that anymore


you should include a DIY on how to remove the buld for the SRS light LOL, or mabey i'll make one to remove the cluster if anyone needs it

haha yea i can take care of that once you get your car running again haha wich could be like another year

02_epdriver
04-21-2008, 08:13 PM
Great DIY, that comes in handy

epmex
04-24-2008, 02:47 AM
:mcry: woow i tried to do it att the midle off the night :mconfused:

btw nice instructions man i was all stressed!

thisisagame24
04-24-2008, 07:27 AM
hahahaha....it was liek 1030 when we were doing this too hahah

epmex
04-24-2008, 04:05 PM
hahahaha....it was liek 1030 when we were doing this too hahah

im done finaly! i get some ppics later :playball:

thisisagame24
04-24-2008, 04:56 PM
swootness.....def get them up asap

hksfan
04-24-2008, 05:08 PM
good to know !! thanks

dtt02278
04-25-2008, 03:47 AM
Nice DIY.. ive been waiting for this one

PAPITUYO326
04-25-2008, 05:05 AM
Wanna do a DIY on selling that OEM wheel to me.:mbiggrin:

Nice job.

thisisagame24
04-25-2008, 07:21 AM
hahaha i acutally was putting the OEM wheel back on :mbiggrin:

civictype_r04
04-25-2008, 01:17 PM
Nice write up I always wanted to know how to do this also with out the airbag going off.

2-k-4blksi
04-25-2008, 03:04 PM
never let you buddy mess your steering wheel.....just letting everyone know these, lol....even if he knows what he is doing.

epmex
05-11-2008, 11:04 AM
enjoy~:dance:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/carloseaton/100_0006Medium.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/carloseaton/100_0005Medium.jpg

gammarus
05-16-2008, 11:58 AM
sahweet! I didnt think there would be a a write up on this but I was wrong! I will be installing my new steering wheel this weekend for a nice cruise to the eibach meet! thanks for the write up!!

epmex
05-16-2008, 12:45 PM
sahweet! I didnt think there would be a a write up on this but I was wrong! I will be installing my new steering wheel this weekend for a nice cruise to the eibach meet! thanks for the write up!!

SEE YOU THERE! LOOK FOR ME AKA OMAR!

benkieboy
05-16-2008, 12:49 PM
nice write up!!

ohdamngetit
05-16-2008, 01:02 PM
Great DIY write up! Now I can adjust my steering wheel cause the idiots at the shop didnt put mines on straight when they replaced it ^_^

Great Job :thumb:

locoep3
05-16-2008, 11:43 PM
Nice

Windchaser
05-16-2008, 11:55 PM
Damnit, I was going to do a DIY on this. You beat me by a month. I still have not installed my Orido Style Nardi steering wheel =(.

humpmasterflex
05-17-2008, 12:01 AM
Anyone have a SRS unit of the steering wheel for sale? I need one badly!

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/humpmasterflex/NoBags1.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r198/humpmasterflex/NoBags2.jpg

Yea... Nuff Said!

Godhand
05-17-2008, 06:01 AM
Dude, that's gangsta.

thisisagame24
05-17-2008, 06:42 AM
ducktaped steering wheels FTW

tieu
08-07-2008, 10:05 AM
im tryin to take off the steering wheel off my car

me and my buddy are yanking the shit out of the wheel... hamming it and it ISNT budging at all. we've taken many steering wheels off before so we didnt miss anything and everything is unbolted but the little sucker is just like STUCK in there!! wont budge..

any ideas?

mattism78
08-07-2008, 10:11 AM
im tryin to take off the steering wheel off my car

me and my buddy are yanking the shit out of the wheel... hamming it and it ISNT budging at all. we've taken many steering wheels off before so we didnt miss anything and everything is unbolted but the little sucker is just like STUCK in there!! wont budge..

any ideas?

Get a steering wheel puller. There are threaded inserts in the wheel itself. You thread two bolts in, and use the puller to basically press the steering wheel off. I use them all the time when I replace ignitions (locksmith). Most auto parts stores rent them as well.

classiccelica
08-07-2008, 11:51 AM
Never ever ever set the airbag down with the bag part facing down. If it pops the it goes where ever it wants at 200 mph. You need to set it back part down on a non-static surface so the static electricity wont pop the bag. Bag part always should be facing upwards. Nice write up though

wizDUMB
08-08-2008, 09:54 AM
haha ... that actually happen to a friend of mine once, i think he just dropped it on the ground and it popped open and that thing went flying into the air ... hahaha, it was pretty cool to see how high it went

nice diy tho

PatrickJamesYu
01-06-2011, 04:59 PM
So I removed the stock hub
but their is a 4 pin that I can't seem to remove
the one next to it has a tab to push so it came out fine
but this green one on the right, I can't seem to budge out
Any input?

PatrickJamesYu
01-06-2011, 07:36 PM
up

NEO_FOLLOWER2
05-15-2011, 07:20 PM
is it possible to put the steering wheel on uneven?

when i pulled the steering wheel off this stuff came off with it...im assuming its the srs spindle/ reel thingy

nothing detatched...i just put it back in place and bolted everything back... but the srs thingy didnt seem to stay still perfectly...
after install i turned the wheel all the way to the left and all the way to right and with no problems...
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=8b2a739f07&view=att&th=12ff69d7a5d5d858&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=1368928720931258368-1&zw

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=8b2a739f07&view=att&th=12ff69d7a5d5d858&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=1368928720931258368-2&zw

JaydmEp3
05-29-2011, 12:39 AM
good diy. will be needing it soon for when my set up is complete!! thnks guys

kep3si
06-17-2013, 11:57 PM
I tried doing it before I saw this and didn't disconnect my batterry and when I turned it on my srs light has been on. I changed my own steering wheel to another own steering wheel just looked nicer but I hate the light and don't know what to do

SkareKrow
06-20-2013, 12:17 AM
I tried doing it before I saw this and didn't disconnect my batterry and when I turned it on my srs light has been on. I changed my own steering wheel to another own steering wheel just looked nicer but I hate the light and don't know what to do

Dealer.. =(

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thisisagame24
07-23-2013, 11:38 PM
there is a way to reset it just using a paper clip and good timing...... the DIY should still be on the site

kep3si
07-26-2013, 12:28 PM
I found 2 different ways and tried both and didn't work. Saw another meant for when installing racing bucket seats and it worked on the video took his srs lights off but I don't know if it will work since he didn't remove the steering wheel just his seats?

usedep3
07-26-2013, 12:46 PM
there is a way to reset it just using a paper clip and good timing...... the DIY should still be on the site

http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=308198


I found 2 different ways and tried both and didn't work. Saw another meant for when installing racing bucket seats and it worked on the video took his srs lights off but I don't know if it will work since he didn't remove the steering wheel just his seats?

The link I posted will reset your SRS light so long as there aren;t any issues with the SRS system. If the light doesn't go off, it could be a issue outside of the steering wheel wiring/install. The SRS system will give you DTC codes, you can look up the code to get a better idea on what the issue is. It could be a seat belt buckle issue. A few techs at Honda and Acura have told me that the 7th gen civics and rsx's have faulty seat belt buckles. I brought my civic in for this once and they replaced it no questions asked. So long as you have not altered your SRS system, the seat belts IIRC have a lifetime warranty.

kep3si
07-28-2013, 06:55 PM
Ok thanks I will try it out and hopefully it works n get back with the results. The srs light wasn't on until I removed the steering wheel to change it since it has a huge hole but I put the same air bag back so I don't think it's the buckles maybe I did a few mistakes while installing

Ubeyo
11-09-2013, 12:05 AM
People who are going to replace your steering wheel, PLEASE don't be like me and manually pull the wheel off. it'll pop right off without you even seeing it coming and then your srs reel will un ravel and if you don't roll it back up and install it correctly it will break at a full turn. And cost you like it did me $100 to get a replacement -.-
BUT! if you do decide to not waste your money on a steering wheel puller the trick to just doing it manually is when you got it all disassembled don't take off the nut off fully holding down the steering wheel just leave a cm or so in between it as a safety catch for when it releases from the hub.
Just my 2 cents to save you guys $100...

kep3si
01-13-2014, 11:43 AM
How do u get DTC codes from the srs system? What tool or machine in needed?