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Originally Posted by MSIXTEEN (Post 183090)

To remove the steering wheel, remove the nut and spray pb blaster on the bolt and let it soak a few days. Then get a 5/8 fine thread nut and 4-6 inch fine thread 5/8 bolt. Screw the nut down half way on the the steering bolt then thread the 5/8 bolt till it bottoms out. Use a wrench to tighten the bolt / nut /steering. Using your knees under the wheel for lift, use a large hammer and hit the end of the bolt to jar the wheel free. You may have to do this a few times.Ifyou have no luck with that procedure use a 2x4 and slide it under the wheel on one side and the dash as the fulcrum hit the bolt again working your way around the wheel to lift. I had no problem with the 2x4 method. Totalcost $3.74 for grade 8 parts. This worked for me after I ruined my steering wheel with jaw puller. Avoid the jaw puller at all costs, that puller on the video hasn't been made in a while and I couldn't find one anywhere.good luck

MSIXTEEN -- This worked perfectly. Just 5 raps with a regular claw hammer and the wheel popped up. Thanks!

Another tip to add for future steering wheel removals is after soaking it, try tightening the nut back down very tight, and then try the other mentioned methods. I built a steel puller and even with that I still had to retighten the nut to break the rust before it could be pulled off. Worked first try after that.

My experience is that sometimes they come off easier than other times. I bought a puller even. Two of them came off with some soaking, pretension, and hammer whacks. One of them did not. Seemed welded (its not). I buggered it up to where I just cut it off and now I have a steering wheel with a piece of the shaft still stuck in it. Figure I will put it on a mill somewhere and mill it out until it lets go.