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Re: [TR] TR4 Steering wheel Removal

To: trguy@cfl.rr.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 Steering wheel Removal
From: Andrew Mace <zoboherald@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:10:49 -0400
On the TR4 column, probably all you'd need to do is a: exactly what
you've done with the nut, keeping it on enough so as not to damage some
very fragile threads, and then b: have someone center a suitable drift
slightly smaller than the column and tap it with a hammer while you
pull on both sides of the wheel. Generally, it takes only a couple of
taps to loosen a wheel on these columns, and you shouldn't need a
puller at all! (In fact, sometimes just the pulling on it is enough to
free it.)

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-----Original Message-----
From: James Henningsen <trguy@cfl.rr.com>

Any suggestions on removing a wooden aftermarket steering wheel from a
TR4.  I
have the nut undone and just threaded back on the shaft to protect from
pulling the wheel off and smacking me in the face (don't ask me how I
learned
this).

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