Long story short, I swapped my OEM steering wheel on my own and now have up-down play when I pull/push on the steering wheel. Any idea how I can fix that, or If I need to replace the entire steering column at the BMW shop?
Here's some additional details from the installation:
1. I did not lower the steering column before pulling or when re-installing the wheel like the service manual recommends
2. Hammered the torque wrench a bit trying to get the center bolt loose - ended up using a longer breaker bar to remove it
3. Did not tighten the bolt per BMW spec as I didn't have a digital torque wrench, I just tightened it as hard as I could (also not recommend in the manual)
4. I did align the steering column marking with the steering wheel so the wheels are centered correctly
I wish I had the manual before performing this procedure. Obviously I screwed something up... steering is fine though but I find the slack extremely annoying for an "OCD" person like me.
Was thinking to replace the hex bolt and repeat the procedure, this time by lowering the column during the installation/removal and also torquing the bolt to 63 nm.
The manual also mentions the following two lines which I think are redundant unless I miss something:
• Align steering wheel and column match marks.
• Align steering wheel to alignment pins located on steering column
switch block.
What do you guys think?
Here's some additional details from the installation:
1. I did not lower the steering column before pulling or when re-installing the wheel like the service manual recommends
2. Hammered the torque wrench a bit trying to get the center bolt loose - ended up using a longer breaker bar to remove it
3. Did not tighten the bolt per BMW spec as I didn't have a digital torque wrench, I just tightened it as hard as I could (also not recommend in the manual)
4. I did align the steering column marking with the steering wheel so the wheels are centered correctly
I wish I had the manual before performing this procedure. Obviously I screwed something up... steering is fine though but I find the slack extremely annoying for an "OCD" person like me.
Was thinking to replace the hex bolt and repeat the procedure, this time by lowering the column during the installation/removal and also torquing the bolt to 63 nm.
The manual also mentions the following two lines which I think are redundant unless I miss something:
Quote:
• Align steering wheel and column match marks.
• Align steering wheel to alignment pins located on steering column
switch block.
What do you guys think?
Steering wheel play after installation, what did I screw up?
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