Method of assembling a gearshift member to a steering wheel main body

A method of assembling a gearshift member configured to shift gears of a transmission of a vehicle to a steering wheel having a steering wheel main body and a wheel lower cover installed to said steering wheel main body, said steering wheel main body having a boss part connected to a steering shaft of the vehicle, a gripping part gripped by a driver, and a spoke part configured to connect said boss part to said gripping part, said method comprising:

• a positioning step of positioning said gearshift member by engaging said gearshift member to a rear surface of said wheel lower cover, so that a hole and a convex part formed on said gearshift member are exposed on a front surface side of said wheel lower cover;
• a lower cover installing step of installing said wheel lower cover, to which said gearshift member has been positioned and engaged, to a rear surface side of said steering wheel main body, so that said hole faces a through-hole formed on said spoke part;
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• a connecting step of connecting said gearshift member to said rear surface side of said steering wheel main body by screwing a screw member into said hole via said through-hole from a front surface side of said steering wheel main body, so that said wheel lower cover is clipped between said steering wheel main body and said gearshift member;
• wherein said convex part is configured to engage with said spoke part when said screw member is screwed into said hole in said connecting step, thereby preventing co-turning of said gearshift member.