<VV> steering wheel removal - caution

[Rick Norris]

I have pulled a lot of steering wheels but I always use a good puller. A man 
can never have too many tools!
One trick I learned is, when you have tightened up the center screw take a 
large hammer and hit the jack screw (thats the one you put the wrench on) a 
sharp blow. It will usually make the wheel pop right off.
Worked for me everytime.
Rick Norris

> 5/16-18 IIRC.
>
> I have had almost no luck with JR's method, although I  keep trying! gggg
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> More  often than not, you can just bump them of with careful (semi) gentle
> blows  on the back side of the spokes - alternating spokes as you go.
> Later,  JR
>
>> Hey all,
>>   I'm removing the steering wheel on  my '65 Monza coupe. I have a 
>> steering
>> wheels puller, but the  incorrect size bolts to go in the holes. What 
>> size
>> bolts fit into the  steering wheel? It's the standard with horn ring.
>>
>>  Charles   4/19/08
>
> With a small chunk of bar stock and a couple of the bolts referenced 
> above,
> it is really easy to pull the steering wheel. One caution - it is easy to
> damage  the threaded end of the column when pulling the wheel. When you 
> are
> gettting  ready to pull the wheel, leave the nut on the end of the column. 
> Loosen it
> (DUH!) and back it off until the top of the nut is "just" above the end of
> the shaft.Then put on the puller and tension it off. That should save the
> threads on the end of the column - making it much easier to re-install the 
> wheel
> - Seth Emerson