Steering Wheel Help
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Freshman User
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From: Vancouver
Steering Wheel Help
Hey everyone. My brother and I are one piece away from getting the cab off... steering wheel won't budge. (yes the nut's off). Someone help before we damage something!
Junior User
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From: Chicago, IL
Steering Wheel
Are you using a puller or are you trying to pull it off with your strength? If you are using your strength, get a puller. They are realativly cheap and will come in handy every now and then. Some auto parts stores will even let you "borrow" theirs. I have seen people pull them off by hand, personally I have never been successful.
Lead Driver
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: San Jose, CA
Use a puller, but be careful. I've been successful in pulling several steering wheels off without damage. However, there have been a few that didn't want to budge at all. I did damage the thread on the steering column one time by trying to pull the steering wheel that wouldn't budge.
If the steering wheel doesn't come out easily, then I suggest unbolting the steering box and removing the whole assembly as a unit through the cab. Just unscrew the floor plates that are around the steering column.
If the steering wheel doesn't come out easily, then I suggest unbolting the steering box and removing the whole assembly as a unit through the cab. Just unscrew the floor plates that are around the steering column.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Jamestown, IN
I have a 54 f600 that the wheel had never been off. I needed to take it off to work on the turn signals and so I got a puller and tried many times and finally bent the puller and pulled the threads out of one of the holes. I had to carefully heat inside the steering tube and put lube in it. I also had to drill two new holes to pull with. PITA!!! Anyway I have owned some trucks that have steering wheels with no holes in them so I had to drill and tap new ones.
