steering wheel

can anyone tell me how to remove steering wheel on a 2004 range rover vogue cheers i need to allign it up to the straight ahead position

reynolds barry said:

can anyone tell me how to remove steering wheel on a 2004 range rover vogue cheers i need to allign it up to the straight ahead position

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you Should NOT be removing the steering wheel to "Line up to straight ahead" ...you should be getting it Tracked up & the Track Rod ends adjusted to MAKE the steering wheel Align up to Straight Ahead..

Adjusting the steering wheel will "Disturb" the rotary Coupler & will stop yer indicators from Self Cancelling + "Other" very disturbing things ect ect...

I would suggest that sometime in its life your Rangie has hit a kerb rather hard & knocked out the steering geometery.

It will also be "wandering" (Not staying straight) & be scrubbing tyres rather badly.

Get it into an LR specialist he will "Lock" the steering wheel to the centre & then adjust the wheels to match.

Removing the steering wheel & "Adjusting" it by 4 or 5 Notches IS NOT THE ANSWER!!

i have had the tracking checked by garage ok but the wheel is still out when driving very annoying as i must not remove steering wheel is it better to disconect colomn from steering rack and move a couple of splines to straighten steering wheel cheers

Sorry mate but I've got to agree with Hooded Claw very strongly. Stop, think, ask yourself. Was the steering wheel straight before? It would have been straight when the car was built. A casual check on a basic alignment rig would confirm that the front wheels agreed with each other but what we're trying to tell you is that something underneath is not right. Start with the understanding that the steering wheel cannot change it's location on the shaft so something else has changed. Get yourself to somewhere that supplies decent wheels and has a full alignment jig. They will start by centring the steering wheel and then adjusting the steering to match. Trust me it's worth it. A FULL alignment check should even include your back wheels and rear axle alignment. For all you know the problem could be at the back and your car is crabbing and you're having to turn the wheel to compensate.