steering wheel problem and question

[Epetek1]

without spending 45 bux for a puller is there a less expensive way to pull a steering wheel?

second question the steering wheel I am removing has one notch and appears to be a 28-29, my 30-31 steering wheels have two notches. Are they interchangeable?
Thanks for any help- Pete

[stouchton]

I used the enclosed (probably not the right term) nut from Bratton's - same nut for removing rear hubs (about $5)

threaded it on, pulled up on the steering wheel to remove play, gave it a good whack and off she came.

When I was younger - I just used the existing nut on other steering wheels - though you risk damaging nut/threads

Sorry - can't help with the notches.

[CarlG]

The 28/29 wheels are different from the 30/31 wheels. A picture would help.

On my 31, I drilled and tapped holes in what would be under the light switch/horn button and used a regular wheel puller that I have had since the 50's. Still have to protect the threads with a nut though.

The wheel puller I bought from the vendors just bent and wouldn't budge anything.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Try "SEARCH" for my sure fire method, without a puller! If you CAIN'T find it, I'll tipe it out again, I tipe soooo slow. An oooold Dutchman, "RINGO" showed me the trick & I've NEVER used a puller since then. Bill W.

[CarlG]

Here's the link to Wild Bill's "sure fire method without a puller": (Post #2)

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...steering+wheel


And here's the text:

I can help you! Sure fire way. Do it EXACTLY as I describe.
Screw nut partly on, sit with your feet planted on floor, grasp steering wheel at both sides, with elbows STRAIGHT, lean your upper body back STRAIGHT, ROCK YOUR UPPER BODY SIDE TO SIDE WITHOUT BENDING YOUR ELBOWS.The secret is that one arm pulls up on the wheel, while the other pushes down at the SAME time, and this will cause the taper to "POP" loose. I haven't had to use a puller since the '50's after learning this from an old pro!!
Be sure to have the nut partly on or you will surely get a nose bleed when it pops loose.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

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After re-reading the old posts, I think 700 RPM stumbled on to a secret way, when the column's out of the car.
He stood it up on the steering wheel, stood on the wheel, & rocked the column side to side!
I think that applys pressure UP on one side & DOWN on the other side, (similar to my method), at the SAME time, which is what is needed to "POP" a taper loose.
After I posted my way, a long time back, a Barner in Canada P.M'd me that he used my way to get a steering wheel off an ooold Datsun, that he had GIVEN up on!
Once, I tightened a steering wheel, REAL tight, with my looong breaker, trying to get the horn contact, to contact, on an OOOLD Toyota, NO LUCK!---"Now I wonder if this thing will ever come off"???----"POP"!!---Like "MAGIC"!
Wherever you are, RINGO, you're a GENIUS!!
A LOT of what I know was learned from some of the KOOKIEST, MOST COLORFUL, KRAZIEST, MOST INTERESTING mechanics you could imagine. Just learn to listen to, & observe what others know how to do.
I learned welding from "GUV RIGGS" who raised fightin' chickens, lived alone with 3 DOGS, ALWAYS had a 1/2 pint of hooch in his back pocket & had a Brother who was a multi-million $$$$$ rancher. He taught me stuff you can't get in vocational classes! Bill W.

[700rpm]

Bill, I actually learned that trick from Tom at The Model A Ford Works in Portland. It did cause a small chip to fly out on the underside of the wheel, but it can't be seen when the wheel is reinstalled.

[MrWzrd]

We have an auto supply here call Auto Zone. (You may have heard of them.)
They have a tool loaner program that is great.......

[CarlG]

All of the Auto Zone stores here are brand new (<6 months). And so are the "kids" that work there, don't know @#$% from Shinola.

[MrWzrd]

Originally Posted by CarlG

All of the Auto Zone stores here are brand new (<6 months). And so are the "kids" that work there, don't know @#$% from Shinola.

make sure only to buy the shinola.

we have those same "kids" working the storee down here. I usually will check online and verify the tool I need. then I will go by the store and get it.