[Murph]

Hi all,

Changing steering wheels on the VN at the moment, but i've struck a minor issue....

Undid the nut on the column
Screwed the steering wheel puller on
then wound on it and proceeded to bend the steering wheel puller in half! and the wheel aint budging

So. Before i get an even bigger hammer then bash the beejeezus out of it, any tricks anyone knows of??

Cheers!

[SS1304]

I left the nut on a turn or two and bashed both sides at the same time from behind with my hands

[Prewer]

^^ thats what I have done with other cars in the past


Dont forget to mark the centrepoint also, so that the wheel goes back on straightly!

[Murph]

Yeah, cheers guys, i've marked the center, and done the whole bashing bit, it ain't budging... Never had this much trouble getting a damn steer wheel off!

Maybe i just buy a new steering column

[Prewer]

Pfft, keep bashing ole son

[VKRB30]

done this to my ol vn m8!!

dont go banging to hard now

i done the same s**t and colapsed the stering colum!!!!!

[Bigbird]

hmm ive neverhad that much trouble.. i used a steering wheel puller on all of mine and never had an issue... tried sprying in with something like CRC?

[SOS]

I had the same issue on my VN. I just bashed around the outside of the wheel in a circular motion then left to right (from behind the wheel) it came of eventually.

[vx350int]

put the nut back on and have it a little loose (arount 2mm from the steering wheel) get a long bar (a 1/2 drive extension bar will work) put the bar ontop of the nut and hit the bar with the hammer - its worked many a time for me on the cars i have owned and never collapsed a steering column yet

[spauldj3800]

I just undid the nut about half way, braced myself in the footwell and levered myself against the wheel. Came off a treat.

[xlr8ta]

Sounds like someone has over tightened the steering wheel and jammed it onto the taper to me

Seen it done many times before, had one at work where the puller actually pulled back through the slots in the wheel itself.

Something I have always had success with is pull your seat rigth forward, jam your knees up behind the steering wheel putting weight against it as if to pull it off, now with your hands hit the back of the steering wheel on both sides (one then the other repeatedly) it may take some time but you will eventually get it.

[petesy4vk]

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pull your seat rigth forward, jam your knees up behind the steering wheel putting weight against it as if to pull it off

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put the nut back on and have it a little loose (arount 2mm from the steering wheel) get a long bar (a 1/2 drive extension bar will work) put the bar ontop of the nut and hit the bar with the hammer

Is what ive done with the tight ones

[Murph]

Thanks for the help guys!

In the end i got it off using a combo of soaking it in CRC all week, bashing f**k outta the back of the wheel either side for 10-15 mins then winding the seat forward, jamming in my knees and reefing it off... Yay for the steering wheel coming off!!

[Dan T]

GOTTA LOVE CRC!!!

that s**t is gold!!!!


good stuff champ hope the wheel you are putting on is worth it!!!