Steering wheel woes...
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Steering wheel woes...
Well I picked up a steering wheel puller today and I just thought id try it out for giggles (my momo race wheel arrives in like 6 days...) Anyways so I begin tightening the middle bolt and wamm-o! The steering wheel comes off... Then I notice that the puller actually bent the steering wheel where the 2 nuts attach into it... Is it common for that to happen? Im sure it could easily be hammer flat again but it's just kinda lame that it happened... I followed all the instructions on the package, anyways just thought I would share my story... And oh ya theres no way I could ever get that off by tugging and if I did I would knock myself out. So when the momo gets here ill throw it on and pretend like this never happened, damn I hate breaking things that were fine in the first place...
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Originally Posted by Dan_s_young
Well I picked up a steering wheel puller today and I just thought id try it out for giggles (my momo race wheel arrives in like 6 days...) Anyways so I begin tightening the middle bolt and wamm-o! The steering wheel comes off... Then I notice that the puller actually bent the steering wheel where the 2 nuts attach into it... Is it common for that to happen? Im sure it could easily be hammer flat again but it's just kinda lame that it happened... I followed all the instructions on the package, anyways just thought I would share my story... And oh ya theres no way I could ever get that off by tugging and if I did I would knock myself out. So when the momo gets here ill throw it on and pretend like this never happened, damn I hate breaking things that were fine in the first place...
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im sorry but I have to disagree I was reading in another thread about someone trying to muscle to off and breaking the steering shaft itself and having to replace it... I decided I would spend a few dollars and just get a puller rather then risking knocking myself out...
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Originally Posted by Dan_s_young
im sorry but I have to disagree I was reading in another thread about someone trying to muscle to off and breaking the steering shaft itself and having to replace it... I decided I would spend a few dollars and just get a puller rather then risking knocking myself out...
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Gotta side with dan on this one.
Of course, had he known that simply snugging the puller down a bit, and tapping the end of the puller with a small hammer will usually pop the wheel off, it likely wouldn't have bent the wheel. At least he didn't snap the steering shaft, like many others have done.
Of course, had he known that simply snugging the puller down a bit, and tapping the end of the puller with a small hammer will usually pop the wheel off, it likely wouldn't have bent the wheel. At least he didn't snap the steering shaft, like many others have done.
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Originally Posted by rx7doctor
We don't need no stinkin pullers. Puller not needed on first gen. Just remove the center nut and wiggle it back and forth and it comes right off. rx7doctor
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Originally Posted by rx7doctor
We don't need no stinkin pullers. Puller not needed on first gen. Just remove the center nut and wiggle it back and forth and it comes right off. rx7doctor
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Yeah U dont need no Puller!!! just remove the bolt wiggle and if not smack it gently w/ a hammer and BAMM! Comes right of (same thing w/ teh Flywheel if u ever want to remove it
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I removed a wheel from an '80 this past weekend. I tried muscling it off, as I'd thought I'd read somewhere that SAs didn't need steering wheel pullers, but that didn't work. So I stared at it for a few minutes, thinking of my options, when I happened to recall a post about wiggling the wheel side-to-side. 3 wiggles later, I had it off.
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