Oops - ' sorry about that. Max is right - I was not thinking of banjo
wheels! Regardless of my friend's intentions, I wouldn't try this on a
banjo wheel myself. In fact, on most old banjo wheels I've seen, the part
of the wheel holding the wire spokes was already broken or weakened -
presumably just from age and use. The wheel I removed in this manner was
on a '77 and I don't think I would be afraid to try it on any of the
post-banjo wheels - circa '70-76.
I've lost the original part of this thread and can't remember what year car
was in question. Something got me thinking only of '70s Bs. Though I
didn't say it, I certainly never meant to apply that trick to banjo wheels.
Allen
>Subject: Re: My steering wheel won't come off!
>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>Florrie & Allen Bachelder had this to say:
>
>>...Pull wheel hard toward you at 3
>>o'clock while pushing equally firmly away from you at 9. Now reverse -
>>pulling at 9 while pushing at 3. Don't be afraid of bending the wheel, my
>>friend said - it won't bend. And it didn't bend. It DID come off after
>>rocking it this way a few times.
>>
>Man! I would *never* apply twisting force to a "banjo" wheel..
>
>But you say it worked for you... on what type of steering wheel?
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