Johnny Five

.2 GT3RS - I pulled the wheel off to do some mods - reinstalled, torqued correctly, reinstalled airbag and now the wheel squeaks SO BAD from the center / airbag area. It sounds and feels like it’s in a slight bind when you move the wheel left or right from the center position. I can feel a slight rubbing and the noise is overwhelming with the radio off. It only happens when turning the wheel an inch or two from the center position and feels slightly sticky.

Uggg - I never noticed a squeak before steering wheel removal - has anyone else had this issue? I took it apart tonight, checked torque specs, reinstalled, still squeaks. Any ideas RL??

Johnny Five

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evilfij

Did you modify the steering wheel? I could see how the back panel of the wheel is not fully seated and rubbing on the cowl. Can you get a business card behind the wheel?

Johnny Five

Nailed it - thank you so much! I stripped the threads reinstalling paddle shift switch, I had a slightly larger bolt on the switch that was preventing the rear panel from fully seating. Filed the bolt head down now it’s good as new.

The back of the wheel was squeaking against the leather steering column and it was driving me NUTS. Thanks again Evilfiji. Here’s a relevant joke for you as a small thanks:


A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel attached the front of his pants. The bartender says, “hey you know you got a steering wheel attached to your pants??”

The pirate says,































”Yarr! It’s driving me nuts!”

evilfij

Ha. A steering wheel joke. Glad I could help, even more glad you got it sorted! I guess taking apart my wood wheel to de-multifunction it provided some benefit to someone else.

I like fixing things, and the steering wheel was a fun one. It beats rebuilding the Jeep computer and replacing a soil pipe that are on my list for this week. 🤣