steering wheel removal trouble
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Cruising
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From: PHiladelphia pa
steering wheel removal trouble
Figured I would post what happened as a warning to those about to remove their steering wheel for any reason.
My 84 came to me without a horn button, or contact, contact wire, and a broken lead tower.
I went to put the contact and lead tower in today and for the lead tower, the steering wheel needed to come off.
The puller I used has a little safety washer that goes onto the end, but was not quite long enough to protect the threads in the center shaft. The screw to hold down the telescopic lever simply cannot make it back into the hole. My experience with a tap has not been pleasant to date, so I am just going to drive without the telescopic function. Worse than that of course it that it's the locking of the telescoping wheel that isn't going to work, the wheel will fly in and out all day long. I'll update you all with just how annoying or unsafe this is.
So, the advice: when pulling the steering wheel with a puller, be sure that you do not damage those threads.
My 84 came to me without a horn button, or contact, contact wire, and a broken lead tower.
I went to put the contact and lead tower in today and for the lead tower, the steering wheel needed to come off.
The puller I used has a little safety washer that goes onto the end, but was not quite long enough to protect the threads in the center shaft. The screw to hold down the telescopic lever simply cannot make it back into the hole. My experience with a tap has not been pleasant to date, so I am just going to drive without the telescopic function. Worse than that of course it that it's the locking of the telescoping wheel that isn't going to work, the wheel will fly in and out all day long. I'll update you all with just how annoying or unsafe this is.
So, the advice: when pulling the steering wheel with a puller, be sure that you do not damage those threads.
Le Mans Master
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If you were attempting to repair that , or were asking for suggestions on how to repair that, we would probably be interested. But you driving around and claiming to be doing it in an unsafe manner , is really pretty lame. This isnt a blog ,we dont care about your day to day cant do things, ramblings. you will do all of us a favor if you''ll stay off the road. my 2c's
Burning Brakes
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From: New Smyrna Beach Florida
If you were attempting to repair that , or were asking for suggestions on how to repair that, we would probably be interested. But you driving around and claiming to be doing it in an unsafe manner , is really pretty lame. This isnt a blog ,we dont care about your day to day cant do things, ramblings. you will do all of us a favor if you''ll stay off the road. my 2c's
No, really sounds dangerous to me.
Le Mans Master
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From: Clearwater Florida
Just bungee cord the steering wheel to the brake pedal ... that way if it telescopes out at you all you need to do is slam on the brakes to pull it back to the dash ........... 
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Cruising
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From: PHiladelphia pa
If you were attempting to repair that , or were asking for suggestions on how to repair that, we would probably be interested. But you driving around and claiming to be doing it in an unsafe manner , is really pretty lame. This isnt a blog ,we dont care about your day to day cant do things, ramblings. you will do all of us a favor if you''ll stay off the road. my 2c's
I wasn't using the forum as a blog or bragging about being unsafe. For your information, having the telescope not lock was not a problem and is fine.
You've done nothing to contribute to the thread, other than inserting 2 cents worth of a **** comment you wouldn't dare say to me in person, treating the thread and this forum like a personal attack board, you may eat my *****.
For those that didn't follow.
In the pic, at the pullers end will go the black washer. On most pulelrs, it won't allow that puller tip to protrude much at all. On the puller I had, it protruded too much, damaging the threads that the locking screw enter at the end of the shaft.
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Cruising
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From: PHiladelphia pa
you would figure oldalaskaman would remember commenting weeks ago on someone elses thread that had the exact same problem as mehttp://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...tion-help.html he could have been more helpful than trying to blast me here.
Not surprised as he didn't help much on that thread either.
Not surprised as he didn't help much on that thread either.
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Oldalaskaman was a huge help to me, and his suggestion did work. I too believe that the center bolt of the wheel puller damaged the female treads of my steering shaft, and caused the telescoping screw to not go in correctly. Using the bench grinder to "pencil" the end of the screw, and using a little light oil fixed the concern. He responded multiple times too. I hope the help that he provided me also helps you. I'm sure that there are many things that we can do, that we probably shouldn't do. Driving with the steering wheel unlocked is probably one of those things. Just me 2 cents.
Le Mans Master
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Oldalaskaman was a huge help to me, and his suggestion did work. I too believe that the center bolt of the wheel puller damaged the female treads of my steering shaft, and caused the telescoping screw to not go in correctly. Using the bench grinder to "pencil" the end of the screw, and using a little light oil fixed the concern. He responded multiple times too. I hope the help that he provided me also helps you. I'm sure that there are many things that we can do, that we probably shouldn't do. Driving with the steering wheel unlocked is probably one of those things. Just me 2 cents.
