steering wheel problems

[Jimm187]

Hey All,
ive jst got me a VG ute and im trying to take off the steering wheel,its a sports sports steering wheel that was put on my the previous owner. ive taking off the main nut, but it wont budge. is there a trick to it.
Thanks

[hi_ryder]

is it one of those wheels with allen head screws into a boss kit? wood wheel? just wondering...

[Jimm187]

yea mate allen keys. NEED to change it stuffing up indicator. that wt a mate reckons

[hi_ryder]

if you dont care about bending the steering wheel just bump it towards you with flat palms from the back at 3 oclock and 9 oclock. one hand at a time and that will eventually loosen it to come off... or if the wheel is off slide off the rubber sleve from the boss kit and slip a extension or breaker bar through the spokes and use the same method bang it like a see-saw back and forth and it will come off... might take 5 or 10 min but it loosen it...

[agrsv8]

just drill 2 holes im the boss kit, tap them, then use a steering wheel puller to pop it off. 10 mins it will be off if you have the tools. If you don't it's a good excuse to buy them :P

[chris18]

get someone to hold some tension on the wheel ( as if they were pulling it off) not too much. and get a deacent sized punch, or peice of roundbar or something. hold it on the main shaft and give it a bit of a hit with a hammer. wheel will fly straight back so lookout it might hit you in the head :P

[bj42turbo]

just drill 2 holes im the boss kit, tap them, then use a steering wheel puller to pop it off. 10 mins it will be off if you have the tools. If you don't it's a good excuse to buy them :P

as above except I used long screws , same thread as boss holes and used washer so not to pull through puller

[bj42turbo]

get someone to hold some tension on the wheel ( as if they were pulling it off) not too much. and get a deacent sized punch, or peice of roundbar or something. hold it on the main shaft and give it a bit of a hit with a hammer. wheel will fly straight back so lookout it might hit you in the head :P

use this method with caution as it could collapse steering columm, but does work

[hi_ryder]

whats a wheel puller?

[bj42turbo]

whats a wheel puller?

"Tristar" 11pcs Steering Wheel Puller Kit (Taiwan Made) | eBay

[hi_ryder]

"Tristar" 11pcs Steering Wheel Puller Kit (Taiwan Made) | eBay

lol i was being sarcastic, ive always just banged them off with my hands... wait that dosent sound right.... my wheel puller is made in the USA not taiwan. U S A U S A U S A (insert osama death chant)

[bj42turbo]

lol i was being sarcastic, ive always just banged them off with my hands... wait that dosent sound right.... my wheel puller is made in the USA not taiwan. U S A U S A U S A (insert osama death chant)

sometimes you just never know what people actually know lol

[hi_ryder]

sometimes you just never know what people actually know lol

your not wrong...

[Warranty Void]

Steering wheel puller is a great investment. As is a set of taps. I needed both to take my alloy boss off the steering column so I could get the wheel 100% straight. The indicators should work fine with a non standard boss, as long as it's put on proply that is. Have a good look at how the indicator cancel slot sits on a standard wheel and you'll be right.