Check your steering wheels!!
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Check your steering wheels!!
I had been hearing this annoying creaking noise in my steering wheel ever since I bought this truck a few months back. It had been getting worse and the wheel started to feel loose side to side so I finally decided to investigate.
First thing I noticed when I got the horn pad off was a square plate under the center nut that didn't look factory. I removed the nut and the plate that had been holding the thing together fell off along with the wheel (to my surprise).
I remember (working as a MOPAR parts guy for 10+ years) handing out dozens of "steering wheel anti-separation plates" on service RO's for recalls. Never actually seen a steering wheel separate, I guess this is what they were trying to prevent.
First thing I noticed when I got the horn pad off was a square plate under the center nut that didn't look factory. I removed the nut and the plate that had been holding the thing together fell off along with the wheel (to my surprise).
I remember (working as a MOPAR parts guy for 10+ years) handing out dozens of "steering wheel anti-separation plates" on service RO's for recalls. Never actually seen a steering wheel separate, I guess this is what they were trying to prevent.
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Yeah, that plate was the size of the red square in the first picture... The fact that they fit together like a puzzle piece and that plate was there was all that was keeping it from not working.
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Mine does feel a bit slack, but I think its a coupler problem. When I get around to rebuilding it, I think I'll pull to the shop out back and have my welding machine handy just in case. Thanks for the heads-up!
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I grabbed a clock spring from the junkyard. The clock spring in the early 90s dodge (and possibly plymouth) minivans is the same, you just take some side cutters and snip the extra wiring off it and away you go. I should know, I did it
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