197 Steering Wheel by Simon_89, on Flickr
Saw a bit of a bargain on eBay and treat myself as it was my birthday this week.
So got on with fitting it tonight with the help of a friend, surprisingly straight forward
.Thanks
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197 Steering Wheel by Simon_89, on Flickr
Saw a bit of a bargain on eBay and treat myself as it was my birthday this week.
So got on with fitting it tonight with the help of a friend, surprisingly straight forward
.Thanks
Matt e
ClioSport Club Member
Was it on for about £120 from ALS something on eBay?
CLS, RS MEG
Bit of a thread revival!
I tried this job today. I need to go back at some point and put on an a thicker M20 washer. I tried a smaller one, but with the 197 wheel shaft being ‘cone’ shaped it didn’t seem to make any difference and rubs on the cowling still.
Anyhow, if these images and steps help others all the merrier.
•Disconnect battery & wait 30 mins.
•Remove 182 airbag by peeling away rear clips, lots of info on here.
•Remove upper and lower airbag clips
•T 50 torx bit to remove wheel centre bolt
•disconnect cruise and horn wiring
•wiggle /shake 182 wheel free, retract cables carefully through opening
•Fit large M20 washer to centre spline
•Push on 197 wheel, feeding cables gently through opening
•The 197 wheel female horn connector is identical to the 182 Male harness plug
•The 182 green airbag connector stamps straight on to 197 airbag (leave for later)
•The 182 Orange airbag connector needs a small adjustment with a stanly
Blade, the cut off the small jut out, and then it snapped straight in. See image
•The cruise controls, I made a small wiring extension using 2 red spade connectors and 2 through crimps, The 197 wheel uses a Citroen connector which I dismantled and binned. And connected them up to the Renault 182 connector ( grey cable on the cruise loom is the left cable as you look at the 182 connector in front of you, attachment clip looking up)
•on the 197 airbag reverse, there is an earthing ground connector. I made a small wire with spade connector, and wrapped it around the spline screw of the Column, otherwise your airbag light will illuminate. I added a compression washer and a M10 Penny washer, and tighten up Center bolt again with T50 Torx. (Your new earth cable trapped between the two washers)
•You need to carefully took the connectors and wires in well, otherwise the airbag will become snagged and not snap in correctly.
Snap airbag back in, reconnect battery, test drive.
I tried this job today. I need to go back at some point and put on an a thicker M20 washer. I tried a smaller one, but with the 197 wheel shaft being ‘cone’ shaped it didn’t seem to make any difference and rubs on the cowling still.
Anyhow, if these images and steps help others all the merrier.
•Disconnect battery & wait 30 mins.
•Remove 182 airbag by peeling away rear clips, lots of info on here.
•Remove upper and lower airbag clips
•T 50 torx bit to remove wheel centre bolt
•disconnect cruise and horn wiring
•wiggle /shake 182 wheel free, retract cables carefully through opening
•Fit large M20 washer to centre spline
•Push on 197 wheel, feeding cables gently through opening
•The 197 wheel female horn connector is identical to the 182 Male harness plug
•The 182 green airbag connector stamps straight on to 197 airbag (leave for later)
•The 182 Orange airbag connector needs a small adjustment with a stanly
Blade, the cut off the small jut out, and then it snapped straight in. See image
•The cruise controls, I made a small wiring extension using 2 red spade connectors and 2 through crimps, The 197 wheel uses a Citroen connector which I dismantled and binned. And connected them up to the Renault 182 connector ( grey cable on the cruise loom is the left cable as you look at the 182 connector in front of you, attachment clip looking up)
•on the 197 airbag reverse, there is an earthing ground connector. I made a small wire with spade connector, and wrapped it around the spline screw of the Column, otherwise your airbag light will illuminate. I added a compression washer and a M10 Penny washer, and tighten up Center bolt again with T50 Torx. (Your new earth cable trapped between the two washers)
•You need to carefully took the connectors and wires in well, otherwise the airbag will become snagged and not snap in correctly.
Snap airbag back in, reconnect battery, test drive.
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Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Sounds like a lot of effort - but worth it for the end result.
Oh, and Kudos Points for the thread revival age-gap too!
Oh, and Kudos Points for the thread revival age-gap too!
CLS, RS MEG
Rear washer now swapped for larger M20 spring washer, now perfect!
Clio 182 cup
Hola que tal, la lavadora tiene que ser exactamente como la de la foto??? O puede ser plano y normal como los de siempre??? gracias
TheBandit
ClioSport Club Member
Monaco172, Green1.2
I fit my 197 wheel using a custom ordered flat washer:
Length (OD) 29
Internal (ID) 20
Thickness 6mm
Material stainless304
2mm washer bent as it was too thin, went with 6mm as recommended by one of the users on the forum. (In fact I think it was @GrahamS on Youtube?)
This also brings the wheel out a few mm so it doesn't rub on the cowling, don't want the wheel bending out of the way in a crash.
Length (OD) 29
Internal (ID) 20
Thickness 6mm
Material stainless304
2mm washer bent as it was too thin, went with 6mm as recommended by one of the users on the forum. (In fact I think it was @GrahamS on Youtube?)
This also brings the wheel out a few mm so it doesn't rub on the cowling, don't want the wheel bending out of the way in a crash.
Clio 182 cup
Muchísimas gracias !!!!!
