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Re: E12-e28 steering wheels swappable? (archive)
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Posted by Rob Anderson on December 04, 2000 at 16:19:44:

In Reply to: E12-e28 steering wheels swappable? posted by Jon Pecsok on December 04, 2000 at 12:56:02:

It depends on the year of the E28. The E28 was upgraded to a collapsable steering column in '86. This steering column has a different steering wheel. There are 2 reasons why it is different. The first is that on the old style steering columns the steering lock was in the column, with the collapsable column the lock is actually at the top of the steering column and locks into a hub on the back of the wheel. The second difference is the number of splines in the wheel and on the steering column. If I remember correctly there are more splines on the collapsable steering column wheel than on the non. So even if you could get the wheel to get close to mateing, it would not slide on because of the different number of splines, so it all boils down to what year E28 wheel are you talking about.

Rob Anderson
M535i SIG Technical Advisor
www.M535i.web.com


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