Fudged install, may need new steering column?

[BrandC]

Okay I feel really dumb posting this.

When I was installing my Momo hub for my steering wheel, I bought some lock washers that I THOUGHT were the right inner diameter. For those of you who don't know, the Momo hub sits further in towards the cluster and you need a small spacer behind the steering wheel lock nut. So I put them washers underneath the nut and started tightening. Easy enough and it looked okay. Now here's the problem:

The lock washers have stripped the splines on my steering column, and my Momo hub is pretty much locked in there. Luckily it's lined up straight so that I can just run the steering wheel.

What are my options? Should I find a spare steering column just in case I really do need to switch back to my airbag steering wheel? I'm wondering how hard/difficult a steering column swap is.

TIA guys,
Brandon

[MR 325]

You should have used the OEM spacers. Why did you use lock washers?

[b*saint]

Damn those are some soft splines. See if you can fix them with a hand file before you buy a new one.

[BrandC]

You should have used the OEM spacers. Why did you use lock washers?

What OEM spacers? Damnit I wished I had found out about these earlier...

I used lock washers because it was the only thing I could find at Orchard that had the inner diameter I needed.

The hub is stuck on, I don't think a hard file can reach in there. I could try it and see if I can just file the old splines away. Thanks a lot guys.