Removal & refitting steering wheel?

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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by v6 steve » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:29 pm

Fraz wrote:its a 22mm

im right what have i won
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by Fraz » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:42 pm

you win going in the pit next Saturday
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:48 pm

Cheers I think ive got a 22mm with my wheelbrace thingy :)

I might have the wheel back for this weekend too, cant wait :)
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:15 pm

Attempted to fit it today...bad start when i discovered i didn't have a 22mm socket, trip to Halfords, 22mm socket, back home.....undo nut, and steering wheel wont budge a single mm, so back to Halfords to buy a puller...got home, puller is totally useless, wont grip onto anything...so car still in bits, and me effed off!

No idea what to do next really.
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by michael tucker » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:28 pm

Take nut completely off and with all your might wiggle it jiggle it! yank it crank it, press it in pull it out and it should free with brute force im twelve stone and managed it with my shoulders nearly out of socket.

Just brute force is the key.
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by RobbieV » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:47 pm

Undo the nut and leave it on with a few threads, You don't want the steering wheel to smack you in the face.
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by michael tucker » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:56 pm

RobbieV wrote:Undo the nut and leave it on with a few threads, You don't want the steering wheel to smack you in the face.


well at least it be off then if it smacks him result!!!
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by Russep00 » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:16 am

Just done this job. Got my wheel free with a small squirt of WD40 around the spindle, a few sharp hard knocks around the centre spndle using a suitable drift, lost of side to side & top to bottom wiggling/pulling. If that doesn't work try bracing both knees behind the wheel between the rim and the dash. Then use a soft drift and a hammer to hit the centre of the column....1 or 2 hard solid blows.

As said before, don't take the nut off fully otherwise you'll be in pain.....
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:13 pm

Cheers guys (apart from tucker) ...tried everything this morning and its not moving at all...even my garage didnt have a puller as they've never needed one....so i've bought a puller, won't be here til wednesday though :(
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by Mark1 » Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:21 pm

Your to far away as I have 3.
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by v6man54deg » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:31 pm

you need a two leg puller - straight legs - have got one if you are stuck


MadOnVaux! wrote:Cheers guys (apart from tucker) ...tried everything this morning and its not moving at all...even my garage didnt have a puller as they've never needed one....so i've bought a puller, won't be here til wednesday though :(
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:31 pm

Thanks for the offers mark and v6man, but ive bought one.
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:32 pm

Got the puller earlier, and the wheel was off in literally seconds....now the new one is fitted, and looks superb....pics to come at the weekend :)
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Re: Removal & refitting steering wheel?

by MadOnVaux! » Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:16 pm

Pics on page 4 of my car profile page:

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