Help Please! Can't take it out

[pushead]

well i installed a momo steering wheel but i don't like it anymore as i have to sit too far forward to hold the steering wheel properly. Took the momo off unscrew the main center bolt but somehow the boss kit won't come loose? keep pulling yanking it still won't come.. if anyone knows how to take the boss kit off please help me as in stuck

cheers

[predator]

it may be stuck on a fair bit unfortunately.. try and lube it with WD40 in there.. and try jiggling back and forth with small motions.

Otherwise what I would be doing (and I often take the dodgy brutal approach) is to drop the steering column as far as possible, get a bar behind it to sit facing the front (this is for my last one, it had a sort of frame structure).. and bash behind using a hammer.. small taps might be enough.

Yes, there is a sticker in there usually that says "do not use force", it may damage your steering, etc. But it never has on the last car.

[rs73]

once u unscrew the centre bolt (dont unscrew completely, leave it sitting there, just wind back a few times), then re-attach your momo steering wheel.

then start yanking. leaving the centre bolt on will ensure that when you finally yank it off the steering wheel won't hit you in the face.

[predator]

yes, actually that is probably a better approach, using it as a sort of slide hammer, which I think I also used at one point.. although it still did hit me in the face.. lol..

[rs73]

also spraying WD40 at the centre nut may help a bit. when yanking back the whole steering wheel just becareful not to hurt your back, i hurt my back a bit due to pulling back too hard, but maybe i'm just getting old...

[blind_elk]

Never met a steering wheel I couldn't remove by anything other than gentle side-to-side jiggling of the wheel.

The R32s have reach, as well as height, adjustment of the steering column - are the R33s the same?

[pushead]

thanks for all your tips guys. im gonna try all approaches nowwww..... hehe will let you guys know how it goes brb when it is done

[pushead]

i can't do it sprayed wd40 , screw the center bolt 1/2 pull the crap out of the boss kit won't budge at all, grab small hammer tap tap tap tap just wont move.

I have attach picture so you guys know what im talking about lol

[pushead]

just reread rintaro's post so once i unscrew middle bolt i screw the momo wheel using it to yank the boss kit out? ..... im lost......*shrugs*

[predator]

Take off steering wheel..

Now, undo center bolt, or as suggested undo it until its nearly at the end of its thread so it prevents you knocking yourself out (unless that sounds fun to you).

Now put the steering wheel *back* onto the boss, putting back the screws that attach it so its as it was (just with the center nut loose)

Now using the wheel as a kind of puller itself just keep yanking it forward, jiggling it, etc - and eventually it should pop off.. once you've got it loose, take off the steering wheel again, remove center nut, remove boss, and away you go.

[pushead]

thanks gordon! I was using my hands pulling the boss kit out will try again tomorrow.. getting late ... much appreciated dude.

[Baz]

A hammer can be your best friend...

[pushead]

i still can't do it is there some "Special" way to remove it?

[pushead]

forgot to mention the bosskit is HKB.

[blind_elk]

It went on, it has to come off!!

Have you put the wheel back onto the boss?

Grab the wheel at "quarter to three", now jiggle back and forth while pulling towards you. Otherwise, PM me where you are, I'll try and get around to help you.

[blind_elk]

Just had a thought - how are you "jiggling" the wheel? If it's like you're steering the car, then the wheel is never going to come off. You need to jiggle back and forth along the axis of the steering column, ie pull up on one edge and push down on the other, then reverse that, all the while generally pulling the wheel towards you.

Clear as mud? Good!

[boj01]

You need to undo the nut, but as the others said, leave the nut on a tad. Leave the steering wheel on with all hex bolts still connected to the boss kit.

Ball you hands up into fists and bash with the outer part of the steering wheel really quickly with both hands at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock, making it vibrate. You need to loosen the bond between the spline of the column shaft and the boss kit.

Then go ahead and try and reef/wiggle the steering wheel off. This is an assured way of removing the steering wheel!