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Date:         Thu, 14 Dec 1995 09:04:45 -0600 (CST)
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From:         "Joseph F. Fournier II" <jfourni@comp.uark.edu>
Subject:      Re: 71 Bus: Lola needs her steering wheel removed, please help!

Well, that's one way, but I never had any luck getting the steering wheel to move without a puller. Not having the appropriate puller, I used what I had and jerry-rigged. What I did was feed two bolts through the holes in the steering wheel (you'll see them when you take the horn cover off).

I have a puller that's in three parts and I was able to use the bolts as the arms of the puller. You might look at a harmonic balance puller as a substitute.

This arrangement is a little off center, but with the steering wheel nut backed out to the top of the steering column, I was able to use this make-shift puller to get things started. The trick for me was to make sure the nut was at the top of the steering column; without it, I couldn't get a straight pull...and the wheel wouldn't budge.

Hope this helps. 8) Joe

On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, David L Finet wrote:

> > I'm afaid that I'll get a bunch of "NO, NOT THAT WAY" type > rebuttals to this but here goes (it worked for me)... > I had to replace the turn signal on my '71 this fall, and my > mechanic buddy was helping me out. When it came time to pull the > steering wheel, he grabbed a rubber mallet and gave a few medium sized > taps on the underside of the wheel as close to the post as possible. As > soon as it started to move, he was able to rock it off. That in and of > itself made me flinch when I saw it, I was sure that the wheel was about > to be blasted to smithereens... then to get to the wiring, he loosened > the bolts on the little plate that goes from under the dash and holds the > post tight up against the dash and just ***bent it down towards the nose***. > I about fainted at the sight of my beloved bus getting handled like > that. Unfortunately it is about the only way to get to the wiring > without taking the bracket off which in turn is about impossible because > the bolts up by the nose are tough to get to. When we were done, he > simply bent the bracket back and you can't even tell that it was ever > bent down. > BTW, be careful to get the connection to the horn at the base of > the steering post back together (a good time to clean the connection) and > working before you put everything back together if you go with this > method. > > >

---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ---------------------------------------------------------- | "If a thing worth having is worth working for, my bus | | must be worth it's weight in gold." -- me \/ | ------------------------------------------------\/\/------


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