Sometimes, you can get lucky and use a friend instead
of a steering wheel puller. Won't work with steering
wheels that are seriously stuck, but I have used this
method successfully on some wheels.
1. Remove nut on upper end of steering shaft.
2. Re-install nut just far enough that its top
is flush with the end of the shaft.
3. Have one person sit in driver's seat, put upward
pressure on bottom portion of steering wheel
at about the 5 and 7 o'clock position with his
thighs and use his hands to pull up on the top
portion of the steering wheel at about the 10
and 2 o'clock position.
4. Second person strikes the nut and end of steering
shaft sharply with a brass mallet. If it doesn't
come loose after a few strikes, give up, send
wife/girl friend to FLAPS to get a real puller
and have a cold beverage of choice while she is
gone.
5. DONT USE A STEEL HAMMER. YOU'LL BUGGER UP THE NUT
AND/OR THREADS AND BLAME ME FOR IT.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rlcokc@aol.com [mailto:Rlcokc@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:00 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] removal of steering wheel-1941
don't have the old tool called for to pull the steering wheel-any ideas for
a substitute?
rod cook
41 pu
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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