Guide to removing vy/vz steering wheel

Awesome guide..... used this to replace my damaged spoke covers... cheers works well!

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Awesome work, Thanks for the write up mate.

 

Oh ****. All back together and the Airbag warning light is on and beeping. Any ideas of what did wrong? I pulled it off and double checked it and it looks good.:help:

 

Hey Guys, how does the yellow clip from the air bag come off? do you get a screw driver underneath in and it lifts completely out of the air bag or does it unclip?

Dont wanna wreck the yellow clip thats all.... cheers!

 

Should pull straight out away from the airbag - be gentle.

 

This post is usefull for me!

Here in Brasil the autorized service is much expenser...

I want to fix my steering audio controls, and dont knew to remove the wheel...

 

Thanks for this, was incredibly helpful.

 

Thanks for the help. This worked awesome when I swapped my audio controls with brand new ones. Wouldnt have tried this without this guide.

The new audio controls work properly now, and theyve made them more like a cushion style button, rather than clicking style.

Guys who want to swap their audio controls, a couple of hints

First, steering wheel doesnt need to come off as already mentioned, just the airbag part. I didnt unplug the airbag either. I just removed it from the steering wheel and rested it on the top of the steering wheel whilst it was still plugged in. I disconnected the battery first of course and waited 30 mins because i was a bit paranoid

Also, in order to remove the air bag, if anyone has issues, I found it heaps easier removing the plastic around the key/ignition/wiper stalks, to allow more room for me to get a flat blade screwdriver in rear of the steering wheel. I think that was already mentioned earlier too.

That was just a matter of popping the top half of the plastic off upwards, mine just unclipped easy.The bottom half plastic which surrounds the key area, has one phillips head screw at the bottom of it, and two locating plastic clips which (once the screw is removed) you need to slide the plastic toward the steering wheel whilst lightly pulling the plastic downwards and it should pop off from the holding clips

Once the ignition plastic shrouding is off, theres loads of room to get a flat blade to the rear of the steering wheel. That was the easiest part of the whole job. Stuck the flat blade in the bottom right hole and (from memory) moved the flat blade left with slight force, and at the same time, pulled the air bag from the front as i done it, and it popped that corner out. Then repeat for the other 3 holes, and the hole air bag just comes off. At first I thought I would be turning a screw of some sort with the flat blade, but its just a plastic tab which has tension on it, and releases the airbag clip as you lever it to release.

Once airbag was removed, as mentioned, rested it on the top of the steering wheel

The audio controls are visible, and you just remove the 4 phillips head screws holding them in.

You then unplug the one red connector (theres only one connector, which connects to the right hand side audio control)

Once thats unplugged, you need to remove the audio controls. This was a bit of a pain without taking the entire rear steering wheel cover off. What I did is the lazy way, is on the rear of the steering wheel, there is a cover which clips on the back of all the spokes as seen in Step 8. of the above guide. What I did is just unclipped the bottom left and bottom right part of the cover, and then worked the wiring downwards bit by bit on each side to free the wiring, and then the controls came free. Then do the reverse to reinstall the new ones

The airbag just clips back in, no need to use the screwdriver again either

 

anyone know where i could get a new leather steering wheel for a vz monaro from??? other than a Holden dealership thanx!

 

I know this is a thread dig but just wanted to say that it worked awesomely, even someone with no mechanical knowledge could do this, and all I had to work with was a socket wrench that came with a $20 tool kit from super cheap, and a screwdriver bit that came from a $10 pack at Bunnings. Now I'm off to buy a better quality steering wheel and airbag, probably blue and black leather to match my gear selector, handbrake and eventually my centre console, with chrome spokes.

 

This Is INFO & what I am also wondering, WILL VY-VZ Steering wheels, fit, work, go Onto VX ? Anyone know? As if It can I am off down the wreckers 1st thing tomorrow to grab me dat VY SS Steering wheel I was susing out earlier today? would look neat in VX?

 

Can Anyone confirm, Does the VY-VZ steering wheel, Fit, work on VX series II spac? as the Cloak spring & method used to remove it, looks very similar, except the VX wheels dont do Flat head screws in BACK like in step 1, they have T30 hex instead?

As I am wanting the VY SS wheeell I seen today at a local wreckers, If NOT I'll take just the auido controller arms? BUT I'd really like the WHOLE wheel, Taking off & replacing wheels cake, done it many time, BUT NEED to know will VY-VZ wheel fit the VX ?"

If SO LOOK out wreckers, I a comin to get that VY SS wheel in da morning...

 

tried local wreckers, gumtree & just in General Commo wreckers is the general rule of thumb.

 

ARE U 100% Its a 30mm SOCKET DRIVE on STEERING WHEEL COLUMN SEEMS AWFULLY BIG 30mm?
considering the VX has same Shaft/column & vx only needs a 5/8 or 17/18mm from memory.

 

Just did this today to my VX2 clubsport I used a VY clubsport wheel/airbag, looks great. funny thing was the light/and beep went off then after turning off the ignition and then turning it back on it disappeared. no problems after 10+ starts, so if done this to a vt-vx and the light comes on before you start swearing and ripping it appart agian just turn off the ignition and turn it back on, it may save you a lot of mucking around.

For future reference when taking off the VY-VZ airbag pop the bottom 2 spring locks then the top 2 in this order, bottom right, bottom left, then top right top left, using this method you don`t even need to pull on the airbag and it fully pops out the springs not just slightly as when try and do both top and bottom on one side the top and bottom next on the other side.

 

My hubby had to replace the steering column today as the ignition locked to the point of nothing would make the key turn and got it all back on but when he started the car the airbag waring on the dash started. Can someone tell my why? He made sure he replaced everything. He hasn't taken it for a drive as yet will be soon to make sure its all good.

 

You don't need to remove the column to fix the key barrel.

Was the battery disconnected when he did it?

 

We had to remove it as we couldn't remove the barrel at all as the key wouldn't turn a mm. It was completely screwed and to change the barrel you needed to be able to turn the key and we couldn't. Yes it was disconnected I even made sure of it.

 

A Holden dealer can reset the light. They might charge you though.

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