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Subject:Re: Steering Wheel Rasp
From:Bill MacLachlan
Date:Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:45:33 -0800

and I get the 24mm nut off with an adjustable wrench vertically on the nut
and a screwdriver through the hole in the end of the wrench handle as
leverage.
Amazing how much room there is up front when there is no steering
wheel......

On 11/14/06, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The nut is 24mm. Just take it off(remember the orientation of the steering
> wheel). The wheel just then pulls off.Dont do this while driving.There is
> not much in there to rasp.If it is the copper foil ,and you dont want to
> spend $24, I got the foil from a Vw cabriolet that fit. the plastic it was
> mounted to,didnt.Never heard of a bearing going bad.I suppose your wiper
> and signal mechinism could be an issue,but dont think so.There is a black
> plastic spacer,too.Usually, the coper foil tells you that it is going bad
> by honking your horn when  making turning.
>

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