Disconnected the steering wheel coupler by unplugging the horn ground wire, then removing two castle nuts and cotter pins on the coupler. Cleaning off some of the gunk makes it easier to see the parts. Especially when trying to get the cotter pins out.
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- Steering shaft and coupler. Taken from passenger side of trunk compartment.
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- Steering coupler, showing two castle nuts (and the horn ground wire connected near one.) Taken from driver’s side.
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- The steering shaft disconnected at the coupler. Shown from the driver side.
Steering coupler doesn’t look that bad, but I’ll know more when it’s cleaned off. I always assumed I would just replace it since it’s a ‘soft’ part. There’s an interesting forum thread on the Samba.com site, that talks about using urethane couplers. I’ll think I’ll stick to a OE part like this one from CIP1.com.
