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| Steering wheel is warped as the bottom curves toward dash. |
It seems the steering wheel is bent, seriously bent. The previous owner had crashed the bug. The damage was light outside, but seriously, this steering wheel was mangled. It looked decent as there was a steering wheel cover, hiding most of the minor flaws. But, there was no denying the wheel was crooked.
I decided to bide my time and save up the 200 bucks to buy and after market replica. They are very nice looking and would make the car look much better. However, I was fortunate enough to find one on Ebay from a seller store called Bavarian Rescue.
I choose not to use a steering wheel cover. So, I was fortunate to find the vintage wheel with no flaws. An original and in great, no, fantastic shape. The bonus, is I got it for under 50 bucks with shipping. Pair that up with the stainless steel horn ring from West Coast Metric, Inc and Horn button from Wagen Werks,I've got a nice prize.
Someone told me I would need a puller to get the wheel off, but I got it off fairly simple. Pop the horn button off with my fingernail grasp, remove three screws, and a large nut and off it came.
To remove the wheel:
1. Make sure the VW is not moving
2. Snap off the horn button with a flat plastic object (fingernail works fine, it's spring activated. Just put tool under the button and wedge it off.)
3. Unscrew ground wire.
4. Unscrew spring loaded horn ring screws with standard screw driver with narrow point as screw head space is narrow (save screws and springs in proper order for re-assembly).
5. Use vice grips or wide wrench or socket to remove large steering wheel bolt.
6. Pull on wheel to remove.
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| 4 screws and a large nut and you're done |
To install new wheel, just reverse the process.
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| New wheel in awesome shape |
