Richard1973
13th October 2019, 19:36
I did quite a bit of searching to see how this is done.
Haynes manual says that it cannot be removed as the leatherette is attached to the dash, but I found a couple of pics where people had changed it so knew that it could.
I had wondered about loosening the two bolts that are visible so gave it a go and sure enough it came free.
To help anyone else that might be thinking about it, i have attached a couple of pictures to show the bolts.
Once loosened a few turns the column can be pulled down slightly and the leatherette will pull free. It is attached to a plastic tab that can be tricky to get back in.
On my interior swap one went in Ok and on the other I ended up trimming the plastic on either side to help. Tighten the bolts back up and job done.
https://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t622/RichardL1973/20191011_165210_zpscbow2iws.jpg (https://s1317.photobucket.com/user/RichardL1973/media/20191011_165210_zpscbow2iws.jpg.html)
https://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t622/RichardL1973/20191011_165221_zpszjydxoto.jpg (https://s1317.photobucket.com/user/RichardL1973/media/20191011_165221_zpszjydxoto.jpg.html)
Haynes manual says that it cannot be removed as the leatherette is attached to the dash, but I found a couple of pics where people had changed it so knew that it could.
I had wondered about loosening the two bolts that are visible so gave it a go and sure enough it came free.
To help anyone else that might be thinking about it, i have attached a couple of pictures to show the bolts.
Once loosened a few turns the column can be pulled down slightly and the leatherette will pull free. It is attached to a plastic tab that can be tricky to get back in.
On my interior swap one went in Ok and on the other I ended up trimming the plastic on either side to help. Tighten the bolts back up and job done.
https://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t622/RichardL1973/20191011_165210_zpscbow2iws.jpg (https://s1317.photobucket.com/user/RichardL1973/media/20191011_165210_zpscbow2iws.jpg.html)
https://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t622/RichardL1973/20191011_165221_zpszjydxoto.jpg (https://s1317.photobucket.com/user/RichardL1973/media/20191011_165221_zpszjydxoto.jpg.html)