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buckbundy323
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Ahhhh!!!!!! sweet success at last!!! I just managed to install the grant quick disconnect steering wheel on my 2003 vette. Now I can put on any grant steering wheel I feel like. When I leave the car I take the steering wheel with me as another theft deterrant.
I had posted a question about removal of stock steering wheel, and a special tool that the manual refers to as a steering column lock pin. I found out that no you do not need a lock pin. You can just hold the wheel still with youre knees as you unbolt the nut, and also use the steering wheel puller. Grant does not specificaly make an installation kit for any cars with air bags, but I found out that the GM kits all contain the parts you need. You need to use a steering wheel puller with "pry bar type legs, as there are no bolt holes for steering wheel puller bolts to bolt into. The one I had the legs were too wide, and I had to swithch the direction of them and hook them to the outer edges of the steering wheel hub. The stock steering wheel was on there good and tight, and when it came loose it came off rather violently breaking the plastic backing of the steering wheel. I left the sir coil in there, because I did not want to fuss with tearing further into the column than I had to. I did have to trim a piece of the plastic off the sir coil, but left the wire intact. I installed the grant quick disconnect device and had to trim some of the plastic from the steering column trim so the new system would not rub againts the trim. I also had a heck of a time tearing out the passenger side air bag. You need to pretty much remove all of the console and dash trim panels to get it out of there. Now all I need to do is figure some way to fill that empty sspace and cover it with the original air bag cover and make it look pretty again.(maybe some old gym socks will do the trick) Maybe next week end I will pull the instrument cluster and remove the sir system idiot lamp.
I had posted a question about removal of stock steering wheel, and a special tool that the manual refers to as a steering column lock pin. I found out that no you do not need a lock pin. You can just hold the wheel still with youre knees as you unbolt the nut, and also use the steering wheel puller. Grant does not specificaly make an installation kit for any cars with air bags, but I found out that the GM kits all contain the parts you need. You need to use a steering wheel puller with "pry bar type legs, as there are no bolt holes for steering wheel puller bolts to bolt into. The one I had the legs were too wide, and I had to swithch the direction of them and hook them to the outer edges of the steering wheel hub. The stock steering wheel was on there good and tight, and when it came loose it came off rather violently breaking the plastic backing of the steering wheel. I left the sir coil in there, because I did not want to fuss with tearing further into the column than I had to. I did have to trim a piece of the plastic off the sir coil, but left the wire intact. I installed the grant quick disconnect device and had to trim some of the plastic from the steering column trim so the new system would not rub againts the trim. I also had a heck of a time tearing out the passenger side air bag. You need to pretty much remove all of the console and dash trim panels to get it out of there. Now all I need to do is figure some way to fill that empty sspace and cover it with the original air bag cover and make it look pretty again.(maybe some old gym socks will do the trick) Maybe next week end I will pull the instrument cluster and remove the sir system idiot lamp.
