REwald9535@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/12/99 6:16:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> vaughme@mail.auburn.edu writes:
>
> > I am about to give up!
>
> Before you give up try my way first.
> To do this you will need two hammers one of them being of the brass faced
> type, the other a BFH.
> Loosen or remove the nut on the end of the steering shaft. Turn the wheel 90
> degrees to the left from straight ahead. Take your right arm put it around
> the steering wheel with your elbow at the 3 o'clock position at your wrist
> near the 12 o'clock position (your arm should be in front of the wheel) Take
> the brass hammer and hold the handle in your right hand with the head laying
> on the end of the steering shaft. This will require a little bit of
> contortion. Then while pulling toward you with your right arm smack the end
> of the brass hammer with the BFH, usually one or two smacks will do the job.
> An old very wise mechanic taught me this when I was a teenager, and I have
> never had this method fail in all the years I have been working on cars.
> Hope this helps,
> Rick Ewald
I've used a variant of this system and it usually works. I'd suggest that you
leave the nut on the shaft--at least a couple of threads. When the wheel does
come off, it usually does that at a high rate of speed!! Steering wheels are
cheap but dental work is not.
--
Larry Dickstein
Lone Jack, MO
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