Steering Wheel
 

Has anyone got any tips for removing the steering wheel. I've undone everything but it's as tight f@*k even tried beating it with a lump hammer. Do I need some sort of hub puller or is there an easier way?

I pulled my steering wheel off by hand. It helps if you shout at it. Watch out you dontfly back and smack your head when it eventually comes off.


There should just be the one big hut in the centre holding it on................


There are pullers available to do the job and make it light work though

I've tried shouting at it, swearing at it, hitting it and it still won't budge. Might have to get to welding torch on it:rolleyes:

here is the trick of the trade moment tap the steering wheel in sequence left and right ie left-right-left-right each time harder than before and it will loosen

dont force it,use a bigger hammer

just grab it at either side and as flex said pull one side then the other:)

it depends on the car...actually...it depends if it's mk.I or mk.II lol


both my MK.I's had no problem...I could either rip it off with my hands, or just use a rubber mallet and smack it off as per the above instructions easily.

My MK.II was a different story altogether. Took me a good hour of swearing, pulling, and smashing with my hammer before it started to budge.

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Im glad its not just me that happend to!

Oh no, That didnt actually happen to me as i 'watched out'. I saw that one coming a mile away. :p

Pull left right left right then top bottom top bottom, ive just done it last week with s13eater, came off a treat

You most likely already got it off by now but I'd like to put my 2 cents in. I had the same problem. You can either use a wheel puller. Or use some type of rubber hammer & just beat it until it comes off. That's what I did.

ok.. so this has been done to death, but my way of getting steering wheels off is as follows:

Loosen nut a couple of turns.
Sit in the drivers seat and jam your knees under the steering wheel rim, pulling on the top with your hand.
Then with a bar, drift or socket extension smack the nut/steering column shaft as hard as you dare, a little at first and increase to full nuclear war until the wheel releases...

Never been defeated yet... and also have never smacked myself in the face...

Conkers.