How to Replace Steering Wheel 2007-13 Chevy Silverado
Created on: 2019-01-16
How to replace the steering wheel on 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13 Chevy Silverado
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step 1 :Disconnecting the Battery
- Remove the four 13mm bolts from the bracket over the battery
- Loosen the negative battery terminal with a 10mm wrench
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step 2 :Removing the Air Bag
- Press a 2.5mm allen bit into the slot on the steering wheel to release the air bag
- Once loose on one side, repeat for the other side
- Pull the air bag off the steering wheel
- Release the lock on the air bag electrical connectors with a pick
- Press the tabs and release the connectors
- Place the air bag face up
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step 3 :Removing the Steering Wheel
- Disconnect the blue connector
- Loosen the 21mm bolt from the steering wheel to the end of the splines
- Loosen the steering wheel
- Remove the nut
- Remove the steering wheel
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step 4 :Installing the Steering Wheel
- Line up the mark on the steering wheel with the mark on the stem
- Tighten the 21 mm nut
- Torque the nut to 30 foot-pounds
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step 5 :Installing the Air Bag
- Connect the electrical connectors to the air bag
- Press the air bag to the steering wheel
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step 6 :Connecting the Battery
- Tighten the negative battery terminal with a 10mm wrench
- Install the four 13mm bolts to the bracket over the battery
Tools needed
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21mm Socket
13mm Socket
Socket Extensions
Torque Wrench
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Pick
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What's up, guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm going to remove and reinstall a steering wheel in this 2008 Chevy Silverado work truck. If you need parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1AAuto.com.
I'm going to disconnect the battery. In this vehicle, there is a bracket missing here. Normally there would be a bracket here with four 13 mm bolts. You would take those out to access the negative battery cable. I'm just going to use a 10 mm wrench to loosen up the cable. You can probably do it without taking that bracket off, but just make it easier to take the bracket off. Loosen this up, and wiggle it back and forth and set it aside.
To remove the airbag, there's these little holes on the side of the steering wheel. We're going to use a little Allen. This is a 2.5 mm Allen. Just going to slide it into the hole, and you're going to have to feel around a little bit. There's a little bar you have to push, and if you feel, push on the airbag a little bit while you're pushing in the hole, you might be able to feel it move around. And then we're going release the airbag. Push that, and then you're going to grab the airbag and pull it out just a little bit. See how it's up a little. Now we're going to do the same with the other side.
All right. Pull the airbag out. You can see in here where the Allen goes in, and it pushes on this little clip spring, and that releases that little retainer on the airbag. All right. On the back side of the airbag, you'll going to need a little pick or a small screwdriver. There's a little lock right here. You're going to pull this lock up, just like that. Then there's little tabs right here, and then one on the other side. Sometimes it's not too easy. Just pull that connector out. Same with this side. Pull this little lock up just like that. Then slide the connector up and grab the airbag.
When you put the airbag down, you want to place the airbag like this on a bench or somewhere. You never want to place the airbag like this, because if it were to ever explode, it would go flying up.
All right. The next thing I'm going to disconnect is this connector right here. Just going to use a small pick tool in the little clip on top, and then just slide the connector out. The clip was right on there. You're going to take a 21 mm socket extension and ratchet. You're going to take this bolt. Loosen it up. You could also use a 13/16. Break that free.
Now before I take the nut all the way off, I am going to grab the steering wheel. Just rock it back and forth. Loosen it up, and when you pull it up, the nut will prevent it from hitting you in the face. You could also use a steering wheel puller, but we didn't need to. We just rocked it back and forth. Pull this nut off. We can slide the steering wheel right up.
And take the steering wheel. We're going to feed these wires through here. When it's through, line the steering wheel up. There is an arrow on the steering wheel, a little mark on the column. We will take the connector. Connect the steering wheel connector. That's just for the horn, and then take this nut. Get this started. Take my 21 mm socket extension ratchet. Tighten this down. Now I'm going to use a torque wrench, and I'm going to torque this nut to 30 foot-pounds. Make sure you hold the steering wheel while you do this. That's good.
Now we're going to connect the airbag. We'll just connect these connectors. Connect the pink one right here to the pink, and then push the lock down. Do the same with the white one. Connect it. Push the lock down. Now we can take the airbag. Make sure the wires are out of the way. Line it up, and just push it down.
Now I'm going to grab the negative battery cable. Slide this over the terminal on the battery, and then take a 10 mm wrench, and just snug this up. Not too tight. You don't want to break it. Just make sure you grab the terminal, grab the cable, and make sure it doesn't twist. That's good. And then if you had that bracket here, you're going to want to reinstall that bracket.
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