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I have a hugh problem removing my 1940 steering wheel. I build a puller to remove it, used a half can of WD40 and Caramba anti-rust, but it does not move or pop off. The problem is, it does not look like this:
The shaft you can see (green arrow, maybe it's Part #3517 or the steering shaft itself) was cut at one side and hammered to a mushroom to keep the wheel in place. I simply cut it down about 0.12 inch and tried to pull the steering wheel by pressing against the shaft.
Because I can't see any threads I thought it's a press fit.
The wheel on my truck was frozen on the shaft also. Rust buster and a wheel puller wouldn't budge it. Didn't want to destroy the wheel so we disconnected the steering box from the frame and pulled the entire unit up thru the cab floor.
Wish I could help but don't know what to tell you. Not much you can do with that steering shaft.
We didn't need to remove the wheel. We were removing the cab for sandblasting.
I guess these steering wheels just get rusted to the shaft over time. I know they can be a bugger to remove. Hope you have some luck!
It looks like part #3609 is a slot biscuit which keeps the wheel from spinning on the shaft. The (threaded) shaft end (missing in your photo) should extend through #3517 and a nut #350983-s would hold the wheel in place. Since the shaft looks incomplete you may be replacing it anyway.
I have in the past in a somewhat similar situation carefully heated the steering shaft good and hot; let it cool then give a pull. Don't run the puller on it when it is still hot it will mushroom up some more if you do.
The heat up expansion then cool down seems help break it loose.
That's a good hint. Because the problem is still present, I'll try it.
Well, meanwhile the problem has expand...the nut (351153-S) at the gearbox will not loose, so I'm not able to remove the steering arm. On my truck the nut is much bigger than on the upper drawing shown. Size of the nut is 36mm (about 1.42 inch). If it will not loose, I have to crack the nut...
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