[old_skul]

1. Remove horn pad by simply pulling, as hard as it takes. Trust us on this one. It's still attached by a wire to the wheel once it comes off though, so remember to stop pulling once it lets go.

2. Just use a deep socket and a looooong ratchet or breaker bar on the nut. I counterhold the steering wheel with my other hand. If that doesn't work, recruit someone stronger, or hold the wheel with a Club, or a second breaker bar, with rags to cushion the impact point on the wheel. It's only 50 lb-ft or so.

3. Sit down in the car and note how much easier it is to sit down without that pesky wheel in front of you. With the wheel off, put the bushing on the steering wheel shaft. Use a very deep socket that fits around the steering wheel shaft well to tap in the bushing. It will match up exactly with a whitish/yellowish plastic bushing already on the shaft. As you tap the new bushing on, it displaces the old one down the shaft a bit.

4. Reattach steering wheel. Use a torque wrench if you have one to reattach the nut. 46 lb-ft torque, which is less than "really tight", "gorilla", or "fused", but more than "loose", "snug", or "firm". It's "Pretty Tight". The horn button just snaps on once you reattach the wire.

Enjoy smooth steering.