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jrapose · 08-23-2012, 12:37 PM

I think we all have used the push up with the knees and hit it with a hammer ,method at one time or other.... now I use an inexpensive steering wheel puller from Harbor Freight....back in 1964 I had a steering wheel break off as I was coming down a steep hill on the freeway, worse yet I had my girfriend in the pickup...we locked em up and went off the road .....the emergiency brake held and the left rear wheel locked on to a 4" edgeing on the pavement....only thing that stopped us from going down a 80' very steep imbankment....too close... the steering shaft just snapped off...I have thought it possibly could have been damaged by improper pulling of the wheel slightly bending or stressing that shaft...so now I am VERY careful with steering and brake stuff... too close to death..
All the puller is supposed to do is maintain some upward pressure on the steering wheel while you hit the center bolt (with the nut on) and it is the shock that actually removes the tension on the tapered shaft.... all you do if you put lots of pressure on a puller is ruin the puller..

08-23-2012, 12:37 PM	#8
jrapose Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 249	Re: Steering Wheel Puller I think we all have used the push up with the knees and hit it with a hammer ,method at one time or other.... now I use an inexpensive steering wheel puller from Harbor Freight....back in 1964 I had a steering wheel break off as I was coming down a steep hill on the freeway, worse yet I had my girfriend in the pickup...we locked em up and went off the road .....the emergiency brake held and the left rear wheel locked on to a 4" edgeing on the pavement....only thing that stopped us from going down a 80' very steep imbankment....too close... the steering shaft just snapped off...I have thought it possibly could have been damaged by improper pulling of the wheel slightly bending or stressing that shaft...so now I am VERY careful with steering and brake stuff... too close to death.. All the puller is supposed to do is maintain some upward pressure on the steering wheel while you hit the center bolt (with the nut on) and it is the shock that actually removes the tension on the tapered shaft.... all you do if you put lots of pressure on a puller is ruin the puller..