New Steering Wheel Alignment - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

BrahmaBull1990 · 03-12-2021, 01:40 PM

Hi All,

I am about to install the FTSpeedFactory CR wheel. I'm pretty confident I can install it just fine, but does anyone have any tips to make sure the wheel is centered when I put the new one on? My fear is I will install the new wheel off center and it will mess-up my wheel position when tracking the car straight.

Thank you!

BigTuna · 03-12-2021, 01:53 PM

There are splines on the shaft and in the wheel to align it.

BrahmaBull1990 · 03-12-2021, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTuna

There are splines on the shaft and in the wheel to align it.

Beauty. Thank you!

Ultramaroon · 03-12-2021, 02:53 PM

Find that section in the service manual and be super careful of the clock spring!

Link to manuals in my sig line.

wolffbite · 03-16-2021, 04:54 PM

There should be a marking (paint marker or similar) on the existing shaft/nut showing the alignment of the current wheel to the splines. You can use this to ballpark the correct position of the new wheel. If you start with the current wheel perfectly straight, the new one should go on the same way and be easy to line up. Once you have it right, I suggest re-marking it's position in case it has to be taken off in the future.

Yes be very careful with your clockspring. The wheel will be tight on the splines even after you loosen the nut. Best practice is to loosen the nut only part way, and get the wheel loosened up on the splines first (rock it back and forth) before completely removing it. Otherwise you risk it suddenly coming loose when you pull on it and accidentally yanking off the clockspring.

BrahmaBull1990 · 03-16-2021, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wolffbite

There should be a marking (paint marker or similar) on the existing shaft/nut showing the alignment of the current wheel to the splines. You can use this to ballpark the correct position of the new wheel. If you start with the current wheel perfectly straight, the new one should go on the same way and be easy to line up. Once you have it right, I suggest re-marking it's position in case it has to be taken off in the future.

Yes be very careful with your clockspring. The wheel will be tight on the splines even after you loosen the nut. Best practice is to loosen the nut only part way, and get the wheel loosened up on the splines first (rock it back and forth) before completely removing it. Otherwise you risk it suddenly coming loose when you pull on it and accidentally yanking off the clockspring.

I’ve had the new wheel on for a few days now and it works great! I just tried to keep it centered when removing and installing. Not sure what the clock spring is? I didn’t see one and didn’t see one on 86Speed’s demo video on YouTube.

Should I be worried about the clock spring?

EDIT: Oh the airbag thing. I was very careful with that and made sure to unplug everything and re-center it when installing the new wheel.

wolffbite · 03-17-2021, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BrahmaBull1990

I’ve had the new wheel on for a few days now and it works great! I just tried to keep it centered when removing and installing. Not sure what the clock spring is? I didn’t see one and didn’t see one on 86Speed’s demo video on YouTube.

Should I be worried about the clock spring?

EDIT: Oh the airbag thing. I was very careful with that and made sure to unplug everything and re-center it when installing the new wheel.

Glad it worked!

If you had broken your clockspring, you would have been greeted by several dash lights when you first started the car.

BrahmaBull1990 · 03-17-2021, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by wolffbite

Glad it worked!

If you had broken your clockspring, you would have been greeted by several dash lights when you first started the car.

God bless YouTube videos!

NoHaveMSG · 03-17-2021, 07:50 PM

You have already done the deed but this is the clockspring. It is so the TCS knows the steering angle. People accidently pull this out and get it miss positioned or break it. At that point you need techstream to fix it and tell it where center is again.

https://howtune.com/articles/350-rem...baru-brz-gt-86

BrahmaBull1990 · 03-17-2021, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

You have already done the deed but this is the clockspring. It is so the TCS knows the steering angle. People accidently pull this out and get it miss positioned or break it. At that point you need techstream to fix it and tell it where center is again.

https://howtune.com/articles/350-rem...baru-brz-gt-86

Great article, thank you. They forgot to mention the copious amounts of swearing needed on step #6!

Ultramaroon · 03-17-2021, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BrahmaBull1990

Great article, thank you. They forgot to mention the copious amounts of swearing needed on step #6!

That's why you wiggle it. Wiggles and patience FTW.

NoHaveMSG · 03-18-2021, 11:40 AM

I don't recall mine being difficult to remove.

Ultramaroon · 03-18-2021, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I don't recall mine being difficult to remove.

In Brahma's defense I'll say that wiggling in this context is not an innate skill. You and I have been doing it our whole lives so we don't even think about how we do it.

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wolffbite Just the tip Join Date: Mar 2017 Drives: 2017 DGM BRZ Location: BC, CANADA Posts: 633 Thanks: 921 Thanked 881 Times in 378 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	There should be a marking (paint marker or similar) on the existing shaft/nut showing the alignment of the current wheel to the splines. You can use this to ballpark the correct position of the new wheel. If you start with the current wheel perfectly straight, the new one should go on the same way and be easy to line up. Once you have it right, I suggest re-marking it's position in case it has to be taken off in the future. Yes be very careful with your clockspring. The wheel will be tight on the splines even after you loosen the nut. Best practice is to loosen the nut only part way, and get the wheel loosened up on the splines first (rock it back and forth) before completely removing it. Otherwise you risk it suddenly coming loose when you pull on it and accidentally yanking off the clockspring.

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