Hi group, I recently bought and installed a sports steering wheel in the westy. I bought it as a complete kit on german ebay from a seller who assembles kits for vanagons in a way they are german tuv approved (the blinkers stop automatically). installation would have been a bliss if in the detailed info one would not have been required to take off the aluminum casting that holds the key lock and the plastic washer piece underneath and put an addtl spring on the steering column underneath it, to "make it safe". thenn i screwed the wheel back on. Now I just dont know if the upper and lower steering column still interlock enough to be safe or if they might be able to pop out if the spring compresses more? or something. how much should they interlock, and has anyone else experience with this mod when adding an aftermarket steering wheel? thanks a lot florian |
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