HELP! cant get factory steering wheel off!

[cobo_11]

Went to change my factory steering wheel to my new MOMO just now, and I cannot for the life of me get the factory one off!!! :-(

I have taken the nut off the center spline bit, but cannot manovuer the wheel off! :-(

What am I doing wrong?

[jay.r33]

dont take the nut all the way off when i changed my wheel . i tryed beating the back of the old wheel but it didnt budge so with a mate i sat in the drivers seat and jiggled on the wheel while my mate tapped the shaft with a hammer and a bit of timber

[cobo_11]

dont take the nut all the way off when i changed my wheel . i tryed beating the back of the old wheel but it didnt budge so with a mate i sat in the drivers seat and jiggled on the wheel while my mate tapped the shaft with a hammer and a bit of timber

thanks jay, I'll give that a shot right now....

[cobo_11]

no go, wont budge...:-(

[jay.r33]

try pushing really hard on the floor with your feet while pulling really hard on wheel aswell as wriggling the wheel left to right while someone else hits the shaft a bit harder it worked for me thats all i can suggest sorry

[cobo_11]

yeah been doing that jay, almost pulled muscles in my back :-(

thanks for your help tho mate, might just have to see if anyone else can help or try and think of some things on my own...

bloody thing

[knore]

u need to get this thing, i can remember the name of it

but basically, it centres the bolt/nut and pulls it out

i cant remember what its called but u can get from supercheap/autobahn

[cobo_11]

Yeah I got a "steering wheel puller"(if thats what your referring to), but it's seized at the moment (soaking it in some WD40 now) so I will try that tomorrow...

But incase that does not work, after some other options...

[knore]

U have to use that thing, its the only way it will come off

[cobo_11]

the steering wheel is on there pretty stuckly, hope it doesn't bend or damage any parts while trying to force the wheel off though...:-(

if anyone has some first hand experience taking the wheel off without tools (steering wheel puller), let me know how you did it!

cheers

[elbee111]

Use the puller.

You can damage stuff when you "tap" a steering column with a hammer.

I know.

El Bee

[predator]

i didn't do my r33 one.. but in the r31 i remember it was a real bitch..

WD40 helped a fair bit.. then just got a big hammer and bashed from the other side a stack. Light taps and then big bashes. Took nearly 40 mins of bashing and swearing. I didn't really like what it was doing to the steering column either but seems to be fine.

Tends to mangle the old wheel though.

[red900ss]

Take the nut of the spline and with the ball of your hand bang the wheel quite hard on the outside at 2, 6 and 10 o'clock (no not the time....).

Works surprisingly well.

[vspecv]

as red900ss sugested , keep hitting the wheel rim all the way around, i know it sounds strange trying to hit the wheel down, but it works on 99% of cars and dont be scared to hit it hard with your hand

[Genesis®]

i had a bitch of a time trying to take my standard wheel off as well.... you just gotta give it a knock here and there to loosen and break the old glue.... keep giviing it hard yanks till you get it off.

but its all worth it when you get the MOMO on.... trust me

[Zensoku]

if you know someone with a smaller harmonic balancer puller, this will work too. done it many times, in probably less than a minute to get off too. save the frustration, do it properly!

[cobo_11]

that guys for all your imput!

I finally got the wheel off today, after trying everything i/we could think of, I just started pulling really hard and pulled the wheel left then right and after a minute or so....wham, off it came. what a relief!

and yeah, the momo looks awesome. a little bit wierd driving with a smaller wheel, but better! :-)

cheers

[xRHETTx]

I used a gear puller and it took me about 10 minutes to take my wheel off, turn my boss kit around so the wheel would be straight, and then put my wheel back on.

Having the right tools make it so easy.