Dashboard/Steering Hanger Beam Removal/Installation

Dashboard/Steering Hanger Beam Removal/Installation

SRS components are located in this area. Review the SRS component locations Locations and the precautions and procedures Service and Repair before doing repairs or service.

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Have an assistant help you when removing and installing the dashboard/steering hanger beam.
- Take care not to scratch the dashboard, the body, or the related parts.

1. Do the 12 volt battery terminal disconnection procedure Procedures, then wait at least 3 minutes before beginning work.

2. Remove these items:

- Kick panels, both sides Service and Repair
- Center console Center Console Removal/Installation
- Front pillar trims, both sides
- Steering column Steering Column Removal/Installation
- Front pillar corner trims, both sides Service and Repair.

Driver's side

3. From under the dash, disconnect the right engine compartment wire harness connector (A), the left engine compartment wire harness connectors (B), the driver's side wire harness connectors (C), the driver's door wire harness connectors (D), the roof wire harness connectors (E), and remove the bolt with a TORX T30 bit, then release the left engine compartment wire harness (F) from the under-dash fuse/relay box (G).






4. From under the dash, remove the bolt.






Center

5. From under the dash, disconnect the air hose (A), then remove it.






6. From under the dash, disconnect the SRS unit connector (A), the yaw rate-acceleration sensor (B), the floor wire harness connector (C), and the A/C wire harness connectors (D). Detach the harness clip (E).






7. Remove the bolts (A).





8. Remove the ground bolt (B) with a TORX T30 bit.

9. Remove the bolts, then lay the shift lever assembly (A) down on its side.






Passenger's side

10. Disconnect the antenna lead connector (A).






11. From under the dash, disconnect the passenger's door wire harness connector (A) and the the right engine compartment wire harness connectors (B).





12. Detach all of the harness and the connector clips.

13. Remove the special bolts (A, B) from outside the passenger's door.

1. Remove the caps (C, D).

2. Loosen the special bolts until they disengage from the threads on the hanger beam side bracket (E), and engage the inside threads of the collar bolts (F). The thread lock on the special bolts makes the special bolts and the collar bolts turn together.

3. Continue loosening the special bolts to turn the collar bolts into the space adjusters (G) until the nuts bottom out. This creates a gap (H) between the collar bolts and the body.

4. Loosen the special bolts to disengage them from the collar bolts, then remove them.





14. Check that the collar bolts (A) are seated in the fixed space adjuster (B).

1. Insert a 21 mm open-end wrench to the collar bolt.

2. Gently turn the wrench counterclockwise.
If the wrench turns easily, continue turning the collar bolt.

3. If the wrench does not turn easily, the collar bolt is seated.

NOTE: If either collar bolt was not seated, replace the special bolts.





15. From outside the driver's door, remove the caps (A, B), then remove the dashboard mounting bolts (C, D).






16. Lift up on the dashboard (A) to release it from the guide pins (B). Carefully remove the dashboard through the door opening. Take care not to scratch the body with the collar bolts on the passenger's side.

NOTE: Do not rest the dashboard on its lower center cover opening, or it may be damaged. Lay it on its front or back.






17. Install the dashboard in the reverse order of removal, and note these items:

- Make sure the dashboard fits onto the guide pins correctly.
- Before tightening the bolts, make sure the wire harnesses are not pinched.
- Make sure the connectors and the air hose are plugged in properly.
- Before reinstalling the dashboard, be sure the collar bolts (A) on the passenger's side can be screwed/unscrewed lightly by hand, and then screw them into the space adjuster (B) fully by hand. Do not tighten them with any tools.
- Before reinstalling the dashboard, screw the special bolts (C) into the collar bolts, and check that they turn together. If they do not turn together, replace the special bolts.
- After setting the dashboard in the body, reinstall all of the mounting bolts but do not tighten them. First tighten the driver's side mounting bolts to the specified torque. Next, tighten the special bolts. As you tighten the bolts, the collar bolts screw out of the space adjuster until they contact the body. Continue tightening the special bolts to the specified torque.
- Tighten all remaining mounting bolts to the specified torque.
- After tightening both side bracket mounting bolts, tighten the center frame mounting bolts.
- Do the 12 volt battery terminal reconnection procedure Procedures.

Special bolt tightening on passenger's side