Finally completed my little project of adding a heated steering wheel.

For my 2005, this was quite a bit of work, as the 05 never had this option, and there was no pre-wiring of any kind.

Everything had to be repinned except the steering angle sensor which I transferred over.

I used the excellent posts below to complete the work.
https://www.clubfrontier.org/threads/si ... st-1880841

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Was able to find a clockspring from a recycler, only to find that the spiral cable was still faulty - one contact - damn it.

Researched a bit and decided to order the spiral cables from Alibaba.
There are many sources for this.

The heated steering wheel clockspring was near impossible to find in the aftermarket,and getting one from a recycler might just have the same problem after 'short' while - haha. I tried to see if I could save some $$$ doing it this way, and so far, so good.

I used this video to assist me with some confidence that it can be done...all you need is a simple precision screwdriver and some good glasses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MoBiyn ... =CalvinLau

This is the example piece

https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32957659317.html
(admit that I ordered from AliExpress and two arrived for $20 shipped. I wanted a spare in case I messed up on the first one).

Obviously this is my own risk, but the replacement part was identical.

I will post photos of the work for anyone interested.

Wow!
Yes I definetly think the community should see pics of the work if at all possible.
I will make it a sticky then

Added pictures of the open clock spring.

Maybe I'm getting toooooo frugal now...

It's a $20 fix if you have the patience, a screw driver, and a cheap Chinese website to obtain a ribbon.
Everything works perfectly so far, smooth and no evidence of rattling.

Open the cover on the clock spring


outer hubs pops off


old ribbon revealed



wind the new one in...


and re-assemble everything.

I am putting this on my list. the clock spring of one of my failures. Stupid part is expensive to. ... like hundreds. I have a spare brand new housing because after that i sent it to the dealer (hurt my pride and the wife wasn't nice about it but didn't want to keep making the same mistake.... anyway i need to try to repair the one i have.

Mine has worked flawlessly at this point, so much so, that without you commenting, I've forgotten all about the repair!

TBH, there are people that order whole new clocksprings from Alibaba and have installed them for $50, and it's probably easier. Some are on ebay now.

I required the heated wheel clockspring, which I could not find on AB or ebay - why I took this route.