UPDATE: Solved... see post 5.
TLDR - Steering wheel crooked after rack removal. Do I need to separate the rack from column and adjust steering wheel this way? Can I simply remove and reinstall steering wheel? Rack is centered as is... have same lock to lock in both directions. Airbag wheel BTW.
I recently dropped the subframe on the vert to finish refreshing the entirety of the front suspension and as such separated the rack from the column splines (at the rack). Upon reinstallation, sure enough, installed with the rack not centered and the steering wheel was centered.
So... after an alignment the steering wheel is of course way off. I was under the impression this was NBD as I could just pop the steering wheel off and center it that way. The alignment tech at BMW (dealership alignment) said the rack and column were clocked incorrectly and said removing the steering wheel would damage the clock spring or column... or something. Is this so? Thanks in advance for infos. I did search and came up with conflicting info for older BMW's vs. newer ones (e36 and up).
TLDR - Steering wheel crooked after rack removal. Do I need to separate the rack from column and adjust steering wheel this way? Can I simply remove and reinstall steering wheel? Rack is centered as is... have same lock to lock in both directions. Airbag wheel BTW.
I recently dropped the subframe on the vert to finish refreshing the entirety of the front suspension and as such separated the rack from the column splines (at the rack). Upon reinstallation, sure enough, installed with the rack not centered and the steering wheel was centered.
So... after an alignment the steering wheel is of course way off. I was under the impression this was NBD as I could just pop the steering wheel off and center it that way. The alignment tech at BMW (dealership alignment) said the rack and column were clocked incorrectly and said removing the steering wheel would damage the clock spring or column... or something. Is this so? Thanks in advance for infos. I did search and came up with conflicting info for older BMW's vs. newer ones (e36 and up).
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