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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: ep90 on September 20, 2004, 19:46:18

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: ep90 on September 20, 2004, 19:46:18

Any tips? I am stuck on the  "Withdraw the wheel from the splined shaft" section in the Haynes Manual!

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: ian_s on September 21, 2004, 08:25:07

last time i had to do this, i had to use a very large and heavy hammer.
i think the proper way to do it is to use a puller of some sort.

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: hobbit on September 21, 2004, 10:30:25

Try a bit of easing spray oil down the spline
If you have a friend to help, get one to pull on the steering wheel upward, while somebody hits the centre of the spline shaft in the indentation with a hammer and metal drift, while keeping the pulling pressure on the wheel, it should give

Kev

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: Porny on September 21, 2004, 10:47:05

Just make sure you leave the main nut on a few turns....

The last thing you want is to be yanking at the steering wheel and it come off in your hands - resulting in a steering wheel hitting you in the face!!!


Ian

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: hobbit on September 21, 2004, 16:12:18

Quote from: "Porny"

Just make sure you leave the main nut on a few turns....

The last thing you want is to be yanking at the steering wheel and it come off in your hands - resulting in a steering wheel hitting you in the face!!!


Ian

True, forgot to mention that part, I do it automatically without thinking

kev

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: banditman on September 21, 2004, 20:44:13

Yup., I too have smacked myself in the face automatically without thinking :lol:

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: ep90 on September 23, 2004, 22:24:18

I'll give this a go tommorow and let you know how I get on.

Cheers

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: ep90 on September 26, 2004, 21:47:26

Removed!  :D   Used a large rubber hammer and some WD40, come off fairly easily considering it had been on there for 35 years!  

Thanks for the advice

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 26, 2004, 23:59:07

When I had to take it off my 110, all I had to do (once the nut was undone) was rock laterally a few times & it came off easily.

But I suppose it was only 4years old at the time.

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: orlando on September 27, 2004, 12:13:54

Quote from: "Porny"

The last thing you want is to be yanking at the steering wheel and it come off in your hands - resulting in a steering wheel hitting you in the face!!!

Hands up who's done that - me.... what a plum I felt with a large oval mark on my forehead.

Title: Steering wheel removal
Post by: v8seriesone on December 01, 2004, 11:31:09

Quote from: "orlando"

Quote from: "Porny"

The last thing you want is to be yanking at the steering wheel and it come off in your hands - resulting in a steering wheel hitting you in the face!!!

Hands up who's done that - me.... what a plum I felt with a large oval mark on my forehead.

i changed the lock barrels on my series 3 a couple of days before getting married - did the same smack in the face trick but with a pair of mole grips and a split pin. all my wedding photos have me with a nice red hole in my chin. muppet!