Jason Tibor

So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top of
his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too small...and a
1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
included with most kits, I'm having to buy one seperately...don't want
to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
appreciated. Thanks!

jason

Clanger

Audi=German=metric.


"Jason Tibor" <jtibor@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
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> So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top of
> his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too small...and a
> 1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
> included with most kits, I'm having to buy one seperately...don't want
> to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> jason

Ottar Tverberg

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:51:17 GMT, Jason Tibor <jtibor@neb.rr.com> wrote:

> So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top of
> his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too small...and a
> 1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
> included with most kits, I'm having to buy one seperately...don't want
> to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> jason

M16 x 1.5 Nut > spanner size 24
or just measure spanner with across nut in mm


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dave

>"Jason Tibor" <jtibor@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:3ff31b71.47726241@news-server.neb.rr.com...
>> So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top of
>> his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too small...and a
>> 1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
>> included with most kits, I'm having to buy one seperately...don't want
>> to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
>> appreciated. Thanks!

possibly a 15/16" socket may do it!
later,
dave
Reminder........
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way,
when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their
shoes. Frieda Norris

Ian Gaskell

"Jason Tibor" <jtibor@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
news:3ff31b71.47726241@news-server.neb.rr.com...
> So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top of
> his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too small...and a
> 1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
> included with most kits, I'm having to buy one seperately...don't want
> to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> jason

You may well find it isn't necessary to remove the steering wheel in order
to remove the instrument panel to gain access to your speedo. I'm in UK and
my model is designated an Audi100, which I believe is similar. I seem to
remember it being a little tricky, but by no means impossible. A couple of
screws fix the panel, then connections via plugs & sockets. I think a couple
of light duty wires didn't have very much slack, and had to be handled with
care.
The jumping speedo problem seems common, and in my case was down to a solder
joint on the instrument panel PCB. The speedo itself plugs into the the PCB
via a couple of substantial pin / sockets. It was the soldering of these
sockets which had to be redone.
I should give credit to the following site which is a little goldmine .....
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/instrument.html#speedo

Ian

Tom Amundsen

If you're fixing a jumping speedo I suggest soldering a fine,
multistrand wire a few mm above the pin socket/PCB solder joint.
Solder the other end of this to the PCB, then when the repaired pin
socket/PCB joint fails again current can still flow through this
flexible bridge.

Tom

"Ian Gaskell" <welbeck@wotnospam.BTInternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jason Tibor" <jtibor@neb.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:3ff31b71.47726241@news-server.neb.rr.com...
> > So I need to get my steering wheel off...anyone know off the top
of
> > his/her head what size the nut is? I tried a 22mm...too
small...and a
> > 1" seems to *sort of* fit...since the large sized sockets aren't
> > included with most kits, I'm having to buy one
seperately...don't want
> > to spend more money than I need. Any help would be GREATLY
> > appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > jason
>
> You may well find it isn't necessary to remove the steering wheel
in order
> to remove the instrument panel to gain access to your speedo. I'm
in UK and
> my model is designated an Audi100, which I believe is similar. I
seem to
> remember it being a little tricky, but by no means impossible. A
couple of
> screws fix the panel, then connections via plugs & sockets. I
think a couple
> of light duty wires didn't have very much slack, and had to be
handled with
> care.
> The jumping speedo problem seems common, and in my case was down
to a solder
> joint on the instrument panel PCB. The speedo itself plugs into
the the PCB
> via a couple of substantial pin / sockets. It was the soldering of
these
> sockets which had to be redone.
> I should give credit to the following site which is a little
goldmine .....
> http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/instrument.html#speedo
>
> Ian
>
>