Removed original steering wheel off of my 54. Was going to replace sleeve and bearing. I got the sleeve out with a pick no problem but cannot get the bearing out. I got 2 picks one on each side (tight fit inside collar) and it will not budge. Do you need a puller to get it out. Thanks

 

Do you have the column out of the truck? If not, I think I would try marking where the column ends where it slides over the steering box. Loosen the column to steering box clamp. Then loosen or remove the column under the dash clamp. The column should now slide up over the steering wheel shaft. Take it over to a work bench find a way to clamp it to something if you are working alone, then using a hook adapter on the end of a slide hammer, tap it out moving the hook around the outside portion of the bearing. The new bearing I believe you might want to freeze it a day or two before trying to install it. That way it could shrink just enough to make the install easier. A guy could probably tap it in with a socket and extension. (It might even seat itself while re-installing the steering wheel, spring, and the sleeve as you are tightening down the steering wheel.) The column is slightly "necked" up top, so your new bearing should only go down so far and stop. I would measure how far your old bearing goes down from the top of the column before you try to pull it out so you know for sure how deep the new one should go.
I have never done this job, it's just how I was planning on doing mine when it's time.

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Or maybe you could just loosen the steering box to column clamp, loosen the under the dash to column clamp, slide up the column well past the steering shaft enough to cover and clear the splined ends of the steering wheel shaft under the bearing, tighten up the the under the dash clamp to hold the column, then use your slide hammer and hook attachment to tap or back the bearing out.


Someone else might have a better/easier procedure though.

 

In 1975 I bought a 1954 F-100. It was an old Oil field truck. The steering was locked up, would not move at all. The frame was busted and the engine turned over,but had no compression. Y Block. In 6 months I was driving it as a Daily driver. I had to send the steering assembly to a machine shop. 60 dollars later the steering was fixed,I had the engine overhauled frame replaced and the Armstrong steering like new. To get those bearing out you need heat and cold. They are tight and just about impossible to remove.AJ.