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| Re: [GMCnet] new steering wheel [message #83823 is a reply to message #83769] |
Sun, 09 May 2010 19:10   |
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I bought bolts at home depot and just used the puller bracket. When I returned the puller it looked unused and I told them I didn't need it because I found the one I had misplaced... Wink wink heheh
73 Canyon Lands, (a.k.a. The Yellow Submarine) West Los Angeles CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] new steering wheel [message #83828 is a reply to message #83769] |
Sun, 09 May 2010 19:34 |
Rick Denney
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| David L Greenberg wrote on Sun, 09 May 2010 06:04 |
It is too late to tell you this but you don't have to buy a puller.
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I've never used a puller even though I have one. I grab the wheels by the sides, pull hard, and wiggle back and forth for a few seconds. Then, I grab top and bottom and do the same. It's never taken more than about four or five iterations of that for the wheel to come off. Be careful about putting your face too close, though. Ask me how I know.
The lock plate is another matter. I've done it without the tool, but it required both hands and both feet to reinstall it, and I'm still living down the Monkey Boy ribbing. I'm not so flexible now in any case, and my fragile ego can stand the abuse, so now I use the tool.
Rick "who just did this yesterday to installed a new turn-signal cam" Denney
'73 Glacier 230 "Jaws"
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| Re: [GMCnet] new steering wheel [message #83864 is a reply to message #83828] |
Mon, 10 May 2010 00:21 |
jayrabe
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Question: What's the lock plate, and why and when would you need to remove it (besides apparently to install a turn-signal cam?)
Thanks
J "newbie non-mechanic - but learning fast out of necessity" Rabe
76 PB
Portland, OR
> From: rick@rickdenney.com
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] new steering wheel
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> I've never used a puller even though I have one. I grab the wheels by the sides, pull hard, and wiggle back and forth for a few seconds. Then, I grab top and bottom and do the same. It's never taken more than about four or five iterations of that for the wheel to come off. Be careful about putting your face too close, though. Ask me how I know.
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> The lock plate is another matter. I've done it without the tool, but it required both hands and both feet to reinstall it, and I'm still living down the Monkey Boy ribbing. I'm not so flexible now in any case, and my fragile ego can stand the abuse, so now I use the tool.
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> Rick "who just did this yesterday to installed a new turn-signal cam" Denney
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| Re: [GMCnet] new steering wheel [message #83952 is a reply to message #83864] |
Mon, 10 May 2010 15:54 |
Rick Denney
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| jayrabe wrote on Mon, 10 May 2010 01:21 |
Question: What's the lock plate, and why and when would you need to remove it (besides apparently to install a turn-signal cam?)
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The first time I needed to remove it was to reshape the turn-signal stalk to avoid interference with my new steering wheel. The second time I needed to replace the cam, which I had someone messed up when I went in there the first time, and had been living with for several years.
The lock plate is kept tight by compressing a big honking spring, which has to be compressed to get the spring clip back in place. It is possible* to hold the lock plate down with a big tow on each side of the steering wheel spline, while using one's hands and a couple of screwdrivers to push the spring clip back in place.
Rick "who has done worse to avoid driving into town" Denney
*necessity is a mother
'73 Glacier 230 "Jaws"
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