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Removing A God Damn Steering Wheel! (With Pics)

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01 Aug 2012 20:51 - 01 Aug 2012 20:53 #45308 by Countryboy03
Bought this wheel + boss cheap:

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Untitled by countryboy1962 , on Flickr

To replace this real tatty one:

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Untitled by countryboy1962 , on Flickr

Taken nut off but the wheel is seized solid on the splines.

Looked at a few youtube vids (various makes/models) and there's many a rough bastard swinging on it to remove them.

They sell steering wheel removal kits on ebay but there not particulally cheap and i only need to use it once, also none are listed as suitable for Suzuki's (although one could probably mod to suit).

There are two bolt holes to screw bolts (seen left+right in the last pic), could maybe put two bolts with a strip of metal plate across and drive it out that way?

Anyone else had this trouble :( ?
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01 Aug 2012 21:09 #45313 by markyp2000
put the nut back on or you may end up with 2 black eyes and a nose bleed hold it at the left and right sides when it sits stright the wiggle left to right and yank like f#$k it will pop off dont hit it you will damage the tread and may be the colloum to

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01 Aug 2012 21:12 #45316 by Johnniehec
Hi, I've not done it with the Jimny but the usual method I've used is
Put the nut back on so that it's just proud of the end of the steering column then hit it sharply with a hammer. Don't know what you're going to do with the airbag though? Someone will probably advise.
Cheers,
John.

On the 8th Day God made the LandRover -
On the 9th day he swapped it for a Jimny.

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01 Aug 2012 21:15 #45317 by markyp2000
with out the airbag it will/may fail the mot after november dont hit is cos it may be a collapsable colloum

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01 Aug 2012 21:19 #45318 by Countryboy03
Replied by Countryboy03 on topic Re: Removing A God Damn Steering Wheel! (With Pics)
Yeah, i did put the nut on a few threads when pulling on it :laugh:

It's seized solid, no movement on it one bit :dry:

Markyp has just told me come November it wont pass MOT but ill cross that bridge a year in September.

Anyone else any idea - pulling on it isn't going to cut it :(

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01 Aug 2012 21:25 #45322 by markyp2000
if your not going to use it again try using a heat gun want warm it up

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