Re: [DML] Steering wheel (WAS Cruise/Volvo)

["David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

The steering wheel can be a problem. I went thru this a few years 
ago. I tried a puller (the holes in the wheel are WAY to small) it 
immediately stripped out the threaded puller holes. The advice I got 
was to have someone pull on the wheel while I struck the upper end of 
the steering column using a hammer and brass drift. That succeeded in 
scaring my wife a lot (nothing quite like facing the backswing on the 
hammer) but not much else. I finally drilled thru the steering wheel 
adjacent to the steering column (leaving about 1mm of metal)and then 
used a narrow chisel to break thru to the column releasing the 
tension. (I was replacing the steering wheel, and it was non-
repairable.) Careful, the steering column is designed to be 
collapsable in an accident so aggressive downward pressure can have 
damaging results. 

One of the above ought to work.

Dave Swingle


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Paul Salsbury" <paul.salsbury@xxxx> wrote:
> One thing to ask the list.... I need to replace that very part, 
however
> can't for the life of me get the sterring wheel off , it seems to 
be really
> stuck on, yes I have removed the nut ;-)
> Any Ideas??
> Paul
> #6463