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Need Help Quick...Steering Wheel Removal `50`s GM

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by FoMoCoPower, Jan 23, 2009.

  1. FoMoCoPower
    Joined: Feb 2, 2007
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    Can anyone tell me exactly what is needed to pull the steering wheel off of a mid-50`s GM car? Like what size socket,and if I need a puller or not.
     
  2. squirrel
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    3/4" socket and you do need a puller, with two sort of long 5/16" co**** thread bolts.

    Gotta figure out how to get the horn ****on off first if it's still there...
     
  3. Ole Pork
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    Pullers are cheap and available almost anywhere. Them old parts get really brittle, so use a puller if you want no damage. They also get tight when they've been on a splined shaft for 50-60 years................
     
  4. FoMoCoPower
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    Thanks..I have the tools,just needed to know what I need since the car is somewhere else and not here.
     
  5. Take a 3# hammer after puller is tight & & wheel wont move hit the end of puller usaly helps break them lose also take some good penetrating oil like PB
     
  6. FoMoCoPower
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    Thanks,drove all the way there and the socket needed was atleast 1" not 3/4". Drove back home got the right socket,drove back and some ***hole busted the wheel to **** for no apparent reason......ohhhhwell. No kool looking `55 Buick wheel for me.
     
  7. 53sled
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    I usually take a crescent with me to the yard, just in case. :confused: No one around would help a brother?
     
  8. FoMoCoPower
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    Could only get on the nut with thin-walled socket. And nobody in the yard had a socket to loan me.

    Still not too sure why some broke the ****ing steering wheel though.
     

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