Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:57:08 +0100 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: Centering steering wheel
Grunff wrote: > > Johannes H Andersen wrote: > > The steering wheel on my 1993 9000 is about 10 deg out of center. > > Tracking seems OK. I've got used to this, but would like to correct > > it if possible. But how? It is a Saab leather steering wheel, I can't > > see any way that it will come off the steering column. What has caused > > the rotation of the steering wheel? The car has always been like that > > since I bought it second hand. > > Either the wheel was taken off and put back on off-center (unlikely), or > the tracking was set, but they didn't center it. > > You have two ways to fix it - adjust the tracking, or the steering > wheel. If the car tracks nice and straight, then my advice is to leave > the tracking and adjust the wheel - it'll take 10 minutes max. > > The wheel is splined onto the shaft, and held on with one big nut. You > can get at this by removing the center emblem, or whatever cover the > wheel has. If your car has airbags, then follow the procedure in the manual. > > Once you've removed the nut, you yank the wheel off, and put it on > straight. That's it. Done. > > -- > Grunff OK Grunff, I'll try. There is no airbag, but it looks like the center emblem is glued onto the leather covering; that could be difficult, but I'll have a closer look around tomorrow. Thx. Johannes