Not trying to be funny but, do you remember this?:
simplyconnected (4/4/2009)
rgrove (4/4/2009)
As others have said, buy or rent the right tool. Its pretty simple, pretty cheap, and without it you will crack the steering wheel.....I agree whole-heartedly. I tried EVERYTHING, pulling on my '55 Customline wheel. I'm a big guy, able to jerk real damn hard. It only furthered the cracking plastic on the two-spoked wheel.
Even when I put the two-hole puller on, what other posts are saying about leaving the nut backed-out to the end, is a must! My wheel gave a "CRACK" when it finally came off... Scared the crap out of me, because when it let loose, all of a sudden, the puller flexed back into a few loose pieces. For two seconds, I wasn't sure if the puller broke. I believe that wheel would have taken my head off if the nut wasn't there to stop it.
I remember the steering wheel puller-threads as being 5/16-FINE thread. Don't use a cheap puller. In my case, it will only bend. I like PB Blaster, but it didn't matter on my wheel. I hope yours comes off easier than mind did. Hope this helps. - Dave
I can't express how hard this wheel was to take off. Use a quality puller, with GOOD BOLTS with threads all the way into your steering wheel, slightly off bottom. This is serious business! When mine finally cracked loose, I wasn't sure what happened for seconds; it was so fast and violent. Honestly, I expected something broke. To my amazement, I was ok, and so were the tools and the wheel. I thank God for that skinny little nut that saved my head.
Royal Oak, Michigan (Four miles north of Detroit, and 12 miles NORTH of Windsor, Canada). That's right, we're north of Canada.Ford 292 Y-Block major overhaul by simplyconnected