Steering wheel removal
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Steering wheel removal
Anybody ever ran into the situation where the threaded puller bolt holes are stripped out? I am playing with my 78, and trying to get the wheel off to put in a new turn signal switch. One of the holes you thread a puller bolt in to is stripped. I think its either attempt to drill it out and tap it to the next size bigger, or carefully weld a nut in over top of the stripped puller hole. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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That's probably the best solution to get it removed; or if the steering wheel is toast; I just tack weld the puller bolts to the stripped hole; then once removed cut of the heads of the bolts and slide the puller of the old steering wheel.
Other option is remove the entire column from rag joint back; and screw the 15/16 nut onto the steering wheel rod to protect the threads; then take a hammer and wack the nut with the steering wheel supported on a table or so; and allowing the column to dislodge from the steering wheel; Had to do it this way once or twice before in a salvage yard to remove a good colunm from a crappy steering wheel.
Mitch
Other option is remove the entire column from rag joint back; and screw the 15/16 nut onto the steering wheel rod to protect the threads; then take a hammer and wack the nut with the steering wheel supported on a table or so; and allowing the column to dislodge from the steering wheel; Had to do it this way once or twice before in a salvage yard to remove a good colunm from a crappy steering wheel.
Mitch
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As far as removal goes, you can wrap the spoke of the wheel with a rag to prevent marking the steering wheel and while pulling up on the oposite side hit the wrapped spoke with a plstic hammer a coule times in as close to the center on the wheel as possible,leave the nut on a couple turns to prevent the wheel from hitting you in the face. This has always worked well for me, I usually find my streering wheel puller the day after I needed it.
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