Soak the hub down with WD-40, wait a few days. Place the nut back on
the threads so that it is flush with the tip of the threads. Enlist
the help of a friend who knows how the hammer properly. One or the
other of you then has to pull really hard on the rim of the steering
wheel while the other places a short block on the top of the nut and
womps it with a hammer. I know this may sound strange but it usually
works for me. Yes, it does get sorta crowded. It works best if the
person doing the pulling is in the seat, even better remove the seat
and sit on the floor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch [SMTP:ulix@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 11:24 AM
To: Jim Rowan
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: HELP Steering wheel removal
Jim,
on my 67, I remove the plinth so I can get to the back of the wheel
and
hit it with a punch and hammer close to the column. I don't know if
that
is possible on a Bugeye.
Ulix
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Jim Rowan wrote:
> Try as I have for the past week I cannot get the steering wheel off
the
> column.
> The large retaining nut spun off easily but the wheel won't separate
from
> the column, the splined area of the wheel/column must be fused. I
really
> don't want to use brute force because I know how fragile 40 year
old
> steering wheels can be. I would just as soon leave the wheel on but
I am
> currently trying to get the horn to work.
> Conventional steering wheel pullers won't work because there is
nothing to
> grab on to once the nut is removed?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Rowan
> 60 Sprite
>
Ulix __/__,__
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