How do you remove the steering wheel on a 1992 Toyota Celica?

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First disconnect your negative side of your battery and don't do any work on the column for two minutes cause the airbag has a backup capacitor and could go off. Then straighten out your steering wheel. On the backside of the steering wheel there is two panels that pop right off. You then have two torx screws on each side that hold the airbag in. Once you get them off then you will have one bolt in the middle of the steering wheel. The auto parts store say you have to have a steering wheel puller but you dont need it. Hit the each side of the steering wheel a couple of times and it should pull right off.

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Alternatively, if you haven't got an airbag (no 1992 Celi I've had has had one), you need to undo one screw in the back of the steering wheel, on the bottom half, before you can remove the front "horn" panel. Once you've done that, a suitable sized socket will remove the nut that attaches the wheel to the column.

Once that's removed, you might have to give the wheel a sharp smack to loosen it from the column splines. On reinstallation, make sure you tighten the nut up nice 'n' tight.

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