Is this from the factory or did the dealer do this?

[nospleen]

@nospleen , if i can make you feel a little better, i took mine for a blast yesterday and noticed two dimples in my right thumb rest on my wheel as well. not as pronounced as your replacement wheel, but they are there. like the soft touch cover kind of buckles right there. left is smooth. i'm gonna live with mine. meant to grab a flashlight and take a picture for you but it was about to rain when i parked it.

Interesting. Do you think yours developed over time or possibly has been there all along?

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[Ewags81]

i feel like its been there. i'll snap a pic for you next time. not as pronounced but definitely two dimples. like they went light on the spray adhesive there when they wrapped the wheel. its pretty soft behind those indents both sides. i tried a picture but it'll take shining a light across it to show up good

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Ok, so stupid question here, if someone wants to have mercy on me. If I'm jump starting this thing, the Positive terminal is right there under the red cover. Do I have to take the whole battery cover off to get to the Negative? Be gentle...I know I'm an idiot about these cars...never had one before. ;)

Under the red cover is a nice flat blade to attach the positive cable, just up and to the left a little is a negative ground post sticking up. Makes it really easy to safely attach the Battery Tender alligator clips to.

 

[Sinthor 5.56]

Under the red cover is a nice flat blade to attach the positive cable, just up and to the left a little is a negative ground post sticking up. Makes it really easy to safely attach the Battery Tender alligator clips to.

Ah, ok, I'll look for that...up and to the left. Thanks!

 

[Ewags81]

@nospleen

 

[nospleen]

@nospleen

Not as bad, but same exact spot. The wheel order was delayed, it’s now expected in sometime this week. Hopefully the new one doesn’t have this issue.

 

[Ewags81]

good luck my man

 

[nospleen]

New wheel came in. I ended up removing myself and just bringing the wheel in and swapping. All reinstalled and back in business.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

New wheel came in. I ended up removing myself and just bringing the wheel in and swapping. All reinstalled and back in business.

Strong work. Is it difficult to remove the wheel?

 

[nospleen]

Strong work. Is it difficult to remove the wheel?

Not at all, super easy. Disconnect the battery, allen wrench in the 3 holes around the airbag to push / release the spring, disconnect the wiring, remove the 50mm star bit.

For an aftermarket wheel it would be a little harder as you have to move over the electronics. My replacement wheel had them all installed already.

 

[roket]

Strong work. Is it difficult to remove the wheel?

removing the steering wheel is fairly easy, just be sure to get a new bolt, as the one that holds the steering wheel in place seems to be torque to yield. Ford says to toss out the old bolt. the most important thing is to make sure the inner part of the clockspring does not rotate. it has a ribbon cable, plus in the worst case, i have heard of people having the airbag go off because the RCM saw something it interpreted as a crash symptom

@nospleen when your first steering wheel was replaced, was it because the button clusters started to move on the outsides?

 

[nospleen]

removing the steering wheel is fairly easy, just be sure to get a new bolt, as the one that holds the steering wheel in place seems to be torque to yield. Ford says to toss out the old bolt. the most important thing is to make sure the inner part of the clockspring does not rotate. it has a ribbon cable, plus in the worst case, i have heard of people having the airbag go off because the RCM saw something it interpreted as a crash symptom

@nospleen when your first steering wheel was replaced, was it because the button clusters started to move on the outsides?

It was because the stitching was coming loose and the material was separating.

 

[roket]

It was because the stitching was coming loose and the material was separating.

ah, ok. i had to have mine replaced because the button clusters started moving. they actually started moving again and its because the outer screw boss on the wheel is breaking. there are 3 total bosses, 2 inside and 1 outside, and the buttons are screwed to the steering wheel trim

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