Yes, I talked to a Honda tech and it turns out the portion that has the white peg in it that lines up with the wheel can turn freely. If you don't know that when you are getting ready to tighten it all up again its easy to have that spin slightly and as a result makes your wheel a little off to the left or right.
My impact gun actually couldn't even loosen the wheel bolt off. I ended up using a thick pvc pipe as a breaker bar and had my gf push on the pipe while I pulled opposite against the wheel and it didn't take too much force at all. Used the impact gun after that to completely remove the bolt though.
I had to recenter the steering wheel. Luckily it was marked from the factory. The white plastic pilot post seemed to be attached to the clock spring?
There are two covers on the shifter. The one towards the front of the car has to be reused. The other one came with my new shifter.
Managed to use an 12" ratchet to get the steering bolt off. But it was tough.
Amazing tutorial - any chance you can host images on CivicX instead of Photobucket?I'll edit this post as I have time. For now here is a rough break down. I had a very detailed DIY for it but this site shut down for 5 hours over night. Even though I saved a draft after each step, half the post was missing when the site came back up this morning.
Parts needed or recommended..they use a non-hardening loctite so reusing is up to you.
Two bolts for airbag 90134-S6A-A80
One steering wheel bolt 90161-TX4-000
Tools needed:
10mm open wrench(battery)
Phillips Head(fasteners under airbag)
Torx T30(air bag fasteners)
10mm hex bit(steering wheel mounting bolt)
Whichever tool(s) you decide to use for removing the steering wheel bolt.
Time: 45 minutes - 1 hour max
First use the 10mm wrench to disconnect your battery. You're dealing with the airbag so let it sit for 10-15 minutes just to be safe.
Next you'll remove the two T30 fasteners. These hold your airbag in place.They are located inside the holes at the 3 and 9 o'clock position of the steering wheel cover. I would recommend using a magnetized torx bit.
The airbag will now slide forward. It will be connected to three wires so pull slowly. Thankfully there's quite a bit of play in the wires. You should see the two main airbag connectors. One green and one gray. The third wire(black) is for your horn. I removed this first. Then both airbag connectors.
Here is a picture of the two connectors. At the top of each connector you'll see a small "band" of white. These are the retaining tabs. Pull back horizontally on the white tabs and each connector will slide off horizontally. Once all three wires are off set the airbag down(horn-pad side up!) on the ground and out of the way. I placed some electrical tape over each connector just to be safe. You'll see in the upper part of the picture a white 20 pin connector with a black and red wire entering it. Disconnect this as its attached to the clock spring.
Next is the fun part. Getting the steering wheel bolt off. Honda used to use a nut. Very simple to get off. Recently they've been switching to these bolts. Not as easy.
I used a 10mm hex bit on my 1/2" impact gun. Popped it off quickly. Not sure this could be done without at least a breaker bar. Maybe I'm just old but that sucker was on there. A positive is that once the bolt is removed the steering wheel simply falls off...as in literally fell on my lap! No steering wheel puller needed. You can see to the left of the steering column(9 o'clock) a small white circle. That's a small "pilot" post for putting the wheel back on in the correct position. No need to try centering the wheel back on going spline by spline. The wheel can only go back on in that position. Also means little to worry about with the clock spring. It's also nice you don't have to remove the large cover surrounding the signal/wiper stalks.
You're pretty much out of the woods once you get that bolt off. All that's left is transfering the stuff to the new steering wheel. Start by removing the four fasteners holding the two silver trim pieces on. Two on each side.
Next remove the fastener securing the ground.
You'll then remove the back cover of the steering wheel. There are two large black tabs insde the wheel. Press in on these while pulling on the cover. It will slide off but will still be connected because of the wiring to the controls.
With the cover loose you can undo both control connectors. There will be one blue and one white. Side shot of blue connector still attached.
Rear cover removed. You can see the wire for the horn and 20 pin connector you removed from the clock spring earlier.
Now you'll remove the silver trim and controls. Go slow and steady. There are no fasteners here. Everything you remove from now on has plastic posts or tabs. Start with the lower piece of silver trim. Pull up on the thinner "upper" parts.
Work your way down around the bottom. I know I said slow and steady but you will have to use some force. The posts are in the wheel pretty snug.
Image of bottom piece removed showing post locations.
Next you'll remove the upper trim. It's one piece going from control to control. It has some flex so you can do one side at a time. Just be careful as it's an expensive part. Start by lifting the two tabs on the inner side of the control unit.
Work your fingers under the trim in this location and lift up and towards the center of the steering wheel.
Picture of upper trim removed.
The only things left to remove are the two control units. The pins on these are angled inwards toward the center of the wheel. Start by unclipping this post located on the rear of the wheel.
Next work your fingers under the part of the unit in the same spot where you started the upper silver trim. Like the trim lift up while pulling in towards the center of the wheel. Then rock the part back and forth while lifting up. When the posts get far enough out you'll pull the unit out toward the wheel grip. These guys are in there snug! You can see the angle of the posts and holes.
Everything off the wheel.
Parts transferred to the new wheel.
Here are the images (might be missing one) from the tutorial on page 3...I was able to pull them down....these are in no particular order
Here are the images (might be missing one) from the tutorial on page 3...I was able to pull them down....these are in no particular order
You'd have to ask the OP....but I'm planning to re-use everything.
I think it had something to do with the loctite??
