how do you remove the airbag in a 5th gen Civic so as to get to the bolt holding the wheel onto the steering column? i have a leather-wrapped ITR wheel coming and i need to know how to swap them out

thanks in advance

 

on the sides of the steering wheel there plastic panels, remove those panels and that gives you access to torque bolts, remove those bolts and that removes your center portion of the steering wheel with the airbag giving you access to the main bolt. also dont forget to remove the panel under the wheel too and unclip the airbag and put the red harness into the yellow harness to keep the bag from blowing by accident. its super simple.

 

exactly what he said...dont forget bout the red plug that he was talking about...that airbag would definatly hurt

 

thanks for the help

 

what tool do u need to get those bolts out? i have a 96 civic. looks like a torx head. what size is it? TIA

 

thread from the dead....i actually used a screwdriver on both sides (near cruise control and exact opposite) and pulled the airbag out the front, and disconnected teh wires, then use i think 16mm socket to get the wheel off the column

 

lol...search lead me here. i tried my largest flathead screwdriver and no dice. its really tight and i dont wanna half *** my airbag screws. dont wanna have a blown bag stuck there lol. im almost positive its a torx screw i just need the size of it.


[Modified by Vic Nyce, 2:48 AM 12/4/2002]

 

i dunna then, my 5th gen used regular old screws, but ill bet someone out here can enlighten us because SOMEONE has to have installed a CTR SRS Wheel at one point, right?

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boink. someone must know

 

Its a T-30 size torx screw.

Question to Haloseven about Installing your ITR wheel, What year Integra steering wheel was this? You mentioned the acura plugs were the same as your civic airbag plugs, Please confirm on this, Thanks.

 

thanks playa

 

it is a t30 torx (star) screw,..and when i took mine off,..there was 4 bolts on the back,...those bolts are weird,..ive never seen them before,..i had to use robo grips to get them off,...oh and the first thing you do is pull the fuse for your SRS,..and then pull the yellow plug,...then work on the steering wheel,...while your steering wheel is off,..dont turn the shaft

 

Ok, what do i do with the red connector? connect it to the yellow one? cuz it doesn't fit if you do that. I have a 95 EJ1, if it matters