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Figure7-1SteeringWheelRemoval
Figure7-2SteeringWheelPuller
STEERINGWHEELINSTALLATION
NOTE:Tominimizecorrosionandtomakefutureremovalofthesteeringwheeleasier,applyasmallamountofoilor
anti-seizecompoundtosteeringshaftbeforeinstallingthesteeringwheel.
1.Installthesteeringwheel(3)onthehexportionofthesteeringshaft.Alignthehexttingofthewheelwith
thesteeringcolumnshaft(Figure7-1,Page7-2).
2.Installsteeringwheelretainingbolt(4)andtightento37ft·lb(50N·m).
3.Placecover(2)ontosteeringwheelandsecurewithtwoscrews(1).Tightenscrewsto15in·lb(1.7N·m).
4.ElectricVehicle:Connectbatteries.SeeConnectingtheBatteries–ElectricVehicles,Section1,Page1-4.
GasolineVehicle:Connectbatteryandsparkplugwire(s).
SeeConnectingtheBattery-GasolineVehiclesonpage1-3.
STEERINGCOLUMN
SeeGeneralWarningsonpage1-2.
STEERINGCOLUMNREMOVAL
1.ElectricVehicle:Disconnectthebatteriesanddischargethecontroller.SeeDisconnectingtheBatteries–
ElectricVehiclesonpage1-4.
GasolineVehicle:Disconnectbatteryandsparkplugwire(s).
SeeDisconnectingtheBattery-GasolineVehiclesonpage1-3.
2.Removethesteeringwheel.SeeSteeringWheelRemovalonpage7-1.
3.Removethedashinsert,instrumentpanel,dashassembly,andfrontbumper.SeeBodyandTrim,Section
4,Page4-1.
4.Removethebolt(11)thatsecuresthesteeringcolumnuniversaljointtothepinionshaftofthesteeringgear
(Figure7-3,Page7-3).
5.Removethefourbolts(10)thatsecurethesteeringcolumn(9)totheframe.
6.Removethesteeringcolumnfromthevehicle.
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