How do I remove this steering wheel holder thing?

[empera]

How do i remove this? I want to swap out out the 91 for a 89...because i want to use an 89 combination switch.

these seem to be the biggest obstacles. Is there a big/tool for this or should i just use a hammer and flat head?

Any advice?

 

[bioskyline]

hmmmm tamper proof screw. need a special tool, or cut a slot in the screw and try to remove it, or weld a 1.4 extenstion to it and spin it out

but is the whole coluum different from 91 - 89? seems to me like it would be easier to swap the whole thing.

 

[empera]

the whole difference....that i've seen is the plate where the combo switches bolt on to.

 

[Poodles]

That's a sub-assembly that could be swapped. http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Library/TSRM/MK3/manual.aspx?Section=SR&P=4 covers how to take the steering column apart. That looks like the thrust stopper, and you have to remove the main shaft to get it out. Would be less work to swap the entire shaft over...

 

[destrux]

Needle nose vice grips work great for those tamper proof screws too.

 

[roadboy]

sorry to thread jack, but would there be a marking on that spindle to install a steering wheel? i dont know where my center point is.
and no my wheels are straight, apparently a shop did my alignment and they adjusted the tie rods and the steering wheel was off so they took it off and put it straight, now i want to find the center point. does anyone know?

 

[Poodles]

No center point so far as I see in the diagrams.

 

[empera]

ok found a really easy way to do this...which i didnt see in the tsrm

1. remove bolt on the left side of the column

2. put ign in acc

3. pull out and replace