Thread: Steering wheel removal?

warm it up with your wifes hair drier for about 30 minutes on a high setting then belt it one...

assuming its still in vehicle theres some other tricks as well.

that ones the least damaging

Thanks.

I'll give it a try.


Firewall is in the garage, laying face down on the floor. I hold / suspend the steering wheel on my knee, which allows the box (steering ) to dangle.

I'll let you know how it goes.

assuming youve got the ability make a pusher bracket to mount behind the steering wheel and push on the firewall all you should need is some flat plate to make the pusher from, some tube welded to that to slide some bolts into and some longish bolts with a couple of nuts and washer.

wind the nuts onto the bolts and insert the threads into the tubes then place the whole jig behind the steeringwheel boss put some pressurre on by winding the nuts off of the bolts (turn the nut not the bolt) then do the heat and whack thing.

from memory tho there should be 2 1/4 unf thread holes in the middle of the steering wheel on a pcd of about 1.75 inch either side of the main retaining nut. Theres a "special" puller just for them.

Pull on one side REAL hard and smack the other from behind with a rubber mallet, rotate and repeat

Oh yea, remember to leave the nut on a little, trust me, it hurts your sniffer if you don;t

oh and wear gloves...

the hurt on your sniffer if you forget to leave the retainer bolt on is not as much as the hurt on your hands when the plastic fracture and the wire spokes give out

There is no retainer bolt, other than the one that nips up the groove that allows the wheel hub to spread off of the shaft.


Mind you, I've taken a few punches to the nose while tuning my bow last week.

Pulling back with a 70lb draw, and the release lets go prematurely and..... BAM!

nut, I ment nut..

see thats what happens when I post while drunk I get me bolts n nuts mixed up....

ever seen someone trying to use a tap to rethread a bolt...

I tells ya.

I'm a little confused when people talk about the big nut.

I am assuming we are talking about the early 2a steering wheel. The one with wire spokes, a nut and bolt securing it to the shaft.

You have tries most of the ways to get it off.

• Have you tried WD40/CRC and heat. A bunsen or Primus flame onto the centre of the shaft till it's almost red hot then let it cool before attempting to remove the wheel.
• Have you tried a wedge into the clamp slot.

Sometimes the penetrating fluid and heat method requires overnight cooling after heating.