Can't remove steering wheel, Steering wheel is stuck on the steering column and won't budge |
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Can't remove steering wheel, Steering wheel is stuck on the steering column and won't budge |
mintyish |
Nov 11 2020, 10:04 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 9-March 12 From: Auckland New Zealand Member No.: 14,235 Region Association: None |
So - this is weird.
I have a '75 2 litre. With a Momo Prototipo steering wheel fitted - I presume with a non-Porsche hub to suit. I first removed the wheel in 2012 to replace the upper column bearing that had broken up allowing the column to short out and blast the horn in the middle of The Castro in San Francisco...what fun! Hubby was not amused! Anyway, the first time I removed the wheel it was really stuck on the column and I think I just ended up using brute force to get it off. In July this year I removed it again to fit an electric washer pump switch - being a '75 I used the intermittent flick switch to trigger the pump relay - and the wheel slid off like a knife through butter... This afternoon - wanting to remove the wheel to fit LED bulbs in the instruments - the wheel slides about 4mm up the splines on the column then stops dead - like its hitting a spring clip on the shaft. It's a definite metal sounding clunking stop. I'm completely baffled. It will not budge an inch past the initial 4mm and I'm reaching the point of thinking I'll break something - so Ive stopped to consider what I've missed. Any ideas? Whilst I couldn't get the wheel off, I still managed to get the instruments out far enough to change the bulbs - and they work! Thank-you 914Rubber :-) John |
Steve |
Nov 12 2020, 10:16 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,685 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California |
I used a harbor freight gear puller on my stuck hub. Worked great, once I found something for it to grab on.
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