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Re: HELP Steering wheel removal

To: "Jim Rowan" <jimrowan@uic.edu>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: HELP Steering wheel removal
From: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 18:35:01 -0500
Reply-to: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Mine came of in a second with a gear puller gently attached. 

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> From: Jim Rowan <jimrowan@uic.edu>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: HELP Steering wheel removal
> Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 1:41 PM
> 
> Try as I have for the past week I cannot get the steering wheel off the
> column.
> The large retaining nut spun off easily but the wheel won't separate from
> the column, the splined area of the wheel/column must be fused. I really
> don't want to use brute force because I know how fragile 40 year old
> steering wheels can be. I would just as soon leave the wheel on but I am
> currently trying to get the horn to work. 
> Conventional steering wheel pullers won't work because there is nothing
to
> grab on to once the nut is removed?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim Rowan
> 60 Sprite 

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