MarkFIX: PRIUS STEERING WHEEL BUTTONS HORN CRUISE CONTROL CLOCK SPRING

Common Mistake when doing repair! MAKE SURE BATTERY DISCONNECTED KEEP READING

"I made this mistake too when installing a new clock spring. Park the car with the tires centered (tires will center themselves when driving in a straight line with hands off the wheel if your car is properly aligned), remove the steering wheel, and then place it back on again centered. You'll want to get the bolts and steering wheel loose prior to doing this so that removal and installation of the wheel doesn't turn the wheel. You can do all of this and test it with the airbag removed - the car will just throw a few codes when you do this. After you get everything put back together, just clear the codes.

Be sure to follow proper safety procedures when removing and installing the airbag (12V disconnected, etc)."

"... be sure, when you're setting the wheel in place, that you are doing it delicately enough to feel when the splines on the shaft mesh with those in the wheel. They are very fine splines, I'm not sure how far apart, a few degrees maybe. You are looking to get the wheel meshed with the shaft splines in the position closest to perfectly centered.

If you try to tighten down the wheel at a position where the splines aren't meshed, or if you forget and turn the wheel on the shaft before it is meshed with the splines and properly tightened, it is possible to flatten the splines in the shaft and the wheel ... which would require replacing both before you could have a safely secure mounting again."

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