C1500 STEERING WHEEL REMOVAL AND REPLACE | 98-02 

anybody doing this please disconnect your battery first! then with the battery disconnected connect the positive and ground cables together for a few minutes before doing anything with any airbag component. this guy should update the description and pin a comment saying so before somebody sets theirs off. Even static electricity from your fingers can set off the airbag so be careful anytime you work with components in your airbag system. Then before you hook your battery up after you are done whatever repair you are doing put the key in the ignition and turn it to the on position, that way if your airbag is going to go off from a faulty component or repair it will when you are out of the truck hooking up the battery, not when you are leaning across or sitting in the drivers seat to turn the key.

That's about as real as truck DIY gets. Thanks for the vid!

Thanks for the vid! My truck doesn't have cruise and I plan to add it, so I think I'll be taking the steering wheel off to replace the turn signal stalk.

The video was very detailed. Excellent job describing the process. Thank you.

finally i found a tutorial that show's how to get the airbag off instead of just telling you

You not need a steering wheel puller. Push your seats as far back as possible, grab a hold of both sides like you're driving for your driver's test, and swing the weight of your body side to side while pulling. Boom, you can wiggle it loose

Super useful info, thank you!

I have a 1998 GMC Sierra 2500 SL, and this is the only video I've seen that shows the style of clips it has for removing the airbag, I thought I was going crazy, the haynes manual was no help either. Thank you for making videos and putting that extra bit of info out there to help guys like me.

Great vid. I have a 2001 Chevy Express that I need to swap the steering wheel on. Thanks.

Thx for the great video. Now I'm on it..

Damn the shift knob clean love the obs , need more content please🙏🙏

First and foremost; I second and third the comment about the battery disconnects! The very first thing you do when you go anyplace near an Air-Bag. I even pull the fuse first before I pull the cable off the battery(s). Yes, if your truck is like mine and has multiple batteries, you need to disconnect ALL OF THEM! You never know when one or more of them will have a cross connected circuit and feed 12Vdc back into the primary system. If your stereo system has an Amp, and battery of its own, and CAPS to hold the lows, and it was installed correctly, it will have a battery isolator between the stereos electrical system and the trucks electrical system. But if not, you will want to remove the link that ties the two systems together. All it takes is about 500 milliamps of current to fire that air bag. I knew a shop that a new fresh out of trade school mechanic (I use the term lightly) took an air bag out and had slid across the seat in the vehicle (Static electricity can be 20,000 volts and a few milliamps) and he popped the air bag loose grabbed the wire and it went off. He almost saw Jesus that day. 1/2" to the left and it would have taken his jugular out. 75 stitches in his face, and lost an eye. Air bags are nothing to mess with!

Please tell me what size the bolt was that treaded into the steering wheel ?!

Great help. I needed to see this

Very nice truck thank you for sharing

Good job ty for sharing ..now ama gona get to work :)

The Battery should be the 1st thing you do Bud! You're Lucky that air bag was o.k.!

Just got mine installed Paid 50$ Canadian for mine what a difference it makes Thanks to this video it made the install easier 😊

Do you know if that year steering wheel will fit in my 1997 chevy Cheyenne 2500 on stock column?

Badass bro nice work

So I have a 1997 c1500 and I want to swap to the 98-02 steering wheel, would it fit? Do you know by any chance?

Cold and windy outside. Some freeze more than others. It's about 5.30 pm.

Clean truck

yes i see it, your like myself, im a carpenter, a common man, with common sense. tools, and patience

cheyenne is base model tht truck just has the cheyenne apperence package which gives you the silverado grille and the trim on the body, gmcs are the same way with the sierra sl

Im about to bolt on my obs escalade woodgrain steering wheel🤗

Very informative, also you sound like Micheal Cera

The video is excellent and very informative, thank you very much! If I can offer one 10 bit of advice, I went editing your video. Please lower the background music because it's very loud and makes you hard to hear

can i buy the steering wheel you replaced? lol the one youre replacing looks brand new compared to mine, mines got chunks missing its so worn, trucks got over 250k on it and most of it is short trip driving so the steering wheel is shot

Think you should paint your rims black would look sharp with the chrome beauty rings

NGL. you made that look Hella difficult lol.

Thanks loved the video, helped me get off my airbags to replace my ignition switch, where did you find the new steering wheel? eBay?

Fantastic XD

watching and see you have a dash cover, does that just lay down or do you have to glue it down? wanting to get one

I know you did this video a while back but I was wondering where did you get your seat cover? I really like it and wouldn't mind having something like it in my truck.

bro, where did you get that shifter lol, have the same truck as you. i want 1

Where did you get the gear stick? Is very nice 👍🏻👍🏻

What year Chevy did the new steering wheel come off of? It looks different from the 95 to 98 Chevy

Has anyone stripped the threads in the wheel when using the puller

3:20 ish is where he mentions the tabs

Have a questions I have a 98 cheyenne also. 5.speed.been looking for shifter shafts or adapters to put a. Different shifter bar you. Got. A. Website where you got. You'res. At..

I want to know where you got the shifter? I need to replace mine.

Anybody happen to know the difference here if you have a wheel with radio controls? Looking at potentially upgrading my Tahoe with an OEM wheel with radio controls

Do you still have the steering wheel you took out?. It would work great for my Astro van.

Michael Cera mechanic ASMR

Is that a bench seat? If so where you get that cover for seat?

Where did u get those seat covers?

I want that exact steering wheel for my Silverado where did you get it?

Where did you get your shifter?

Were did you find the wheel

Maybe you should turn up the background 🎶😂

Where did u get those seat covers

Nice video. Spent too much time on steering wheel removal tho. Lol

Where i can get that stick??

1992 gmc 4.3 2wd 200 000 miles is it worth 4500?

You can return rental tools broken at autozone and orielys and they will refund your money.

I wish you people who make videos that require both hands just get a tripod it makes the video better and you don't look stupid trying to use one hand

What size are the bolts that thread into the wheel frame? Why didn't you show the horn wire R&R? Then the reverse of the horn wire back through the wheel? You omitted a lot of useful info. I was also waiting for the rap video to start in the lot where you took your truck. Never did show anything about if the horn even worked. Watched the video hoping to see a straight forward removal. Next time, no music, and more prep. Have a fully charged battery and invest in a go-pro.

You could of just wiggled the steering wheel back n forth to got it loose to remove the wheel without the tool

I just used a hammer as a steering wheel puller lol

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Painful

Came to see which tools to use, too much talking, couldn't watch

I do everything by hand I hate those motorized tools just a waist of money in my book

Dude if you're gonna put videos on RU-vid you should invest in a Go pro the shakiness is very annoying

Talk to much