Ok I need to pull my steering wheel... whats something cheap and easy I can do to get it off? Can I just put 2 bolts in the holes, some vice grips, and yank? Because I don't have the 30 dollars to buy the proper tool Any help would be appreciated

 

Most place like Autozone rent them for dirt cheap.

 

Yea, but they require a 30 dollar deposit, I'm soooor poor, I just bought new tires etc.. college student, I have no credit to put it on

 

Be a man and use your arms to pull it off heheh.

 

For half that you could just own one.

 

i made my own when i was too stuborn to go home and get my proper one, i put 3 holes in a piece of 1/8th inch thick steel stock, found 2 bolts to thread into the wheel, then a larger nut and bolt,sharpened the end of the bolt, and hold the nut still with a wrench and turn the bolt.

 

well.. U can do it the old way.. remove horn butten, back off nut intill it just clears the 1st threads.. get a plastic deadblow hammer.. ok now the hard part.. while sitting it the seat, brace your legs agence the steering wheel with the pressure comming your way.. than hit the nut with the hammer a few times. the wheel should come off and than remove the nut and wheel..

 

I had a friend who yanked mine off using his hands in a couple of pulls. And it was the first time that it was taken off that im aware of.

 

when i swapped colums we pulled out the old colum, set the wheel on a fence so it was about 4' from the ground and smacked the center bolt on the colum, colum fell right off, leaving the wheel on the fence post.

 

I once replaced a steering wheel using a rubber mallet

 

I just used a big gear puller, hooked around the wheel, it just about bent clear in half before flying off the column, i just about crapped my pants.

 

The Autozone route is not rent - it's just a deposit - you get it back when you return the tool - can't borrow $30 from someone for an hour?

 

Must be tough to buy gas

 

If you can't afford to put down a $30 refundable deposit, don't change your steering wheel.

 

 

buy a harmonic balancer puller for $12... then you'll have 2 new tools for the price of one

dont be such a cheapo =)

 

If you have a oreilly's or anyone that sales grant steering wheels near you. Grant makes a puller it comes in a box that looks just like the adapter kits. It is about 6 or 7 bucks. Thats is as cheap as you get and it works.

 

It's called being a college student, I drive a 95 4 banger Corsica day in day out, so gas isn't really a huge issue (I was just rear ended HARD in this car, frame is bent, roof is buckled). And as a College student, I have nothing better to spend my money on, no family to take of etc. so I can afford to be irresponsible and spend my money on my toys!

Anyways, I ended up raided my loonie and twoonie jar, and had just enough to make the deposit and rent a puller, only reason I was changing the wheel was my mum got me a steering wheel for easter ( an early present) because she knew I just put the interior back in and my old steering wheel looked like crap. And my CC is maxed out because I put my tires on it, I'm waiting for my cheque from my RESP trust to give me my money back for college, so just in a tight spot. After I get that cheque, I will be debt free again.

See, things are not always as they seem, not nice to be really judgemental!

Anyways

Thanks for all the advice guys, I tried using 2 bolts and a set of vice grips but it didn't work that great, so like I said thanks again for the help!

 

I don't know if your still interested but I put a piece of flat metal in between the wheel and the column on each side(I used a flat wrench) and found some screws that threaded into the holes and screwed them till the wheel came off. The wheels holes go all the way through on yours right?

 

Use PB blaster on it....go back to it a day or two later and give it a good yank

 

you could eaisly make your own harmonic puller if you had some spare metal and bolts laying around. heres a quick crappy drawing of it though..... i bult a few of these to fit some strange cars ive worked on but its pretty simple


all 3 bolts need to thread into the metal strip and the strip has to be pretty thick or strong the center one pushes on the bolt the holds the wheel down and the outside ones thread into the wheel assembly then you just tightend the middle one till its pulled off..... and there you go poor mans harmonic puller!

heres the pic