mepbowles Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I've finally got a 4 spoke wheel so I'm trying to get the 2 spoke wheel off but it won't budge. I've tried penetrating fluid, nut back on loosely and a little bit of brute strength. But either I'm not strong enough, I'm not doing it right or I need to get a puller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 They can be tight on that spline. Rem to keep the nut on just the top of the threads, and then get your weight on the wheel on the top edge the yank it there. If it still won’t go then use a puller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ems Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The only way I can remove my steering wheel is with a 2 leg puller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepbowles Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) Well at least I don't feel quite so inadequate now 😁 Puller will be ordered. Any recommendations? This puller looks alright and suitable for more than just steering wheels which is ideal. Edited February 12, 2023 by mepbowles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900SR Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I bought a Sykes-Pickavant one some years ago specifically for GM cars, it was a two leg and worked well. I've heard the legs on the Laser one are too big to use on a Manta. I'm not sure if a 3 leg would work, someone else may know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutty2006 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 They do take a good rogering to get off! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepbowles Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 Ah, my thinking was to hook on the bottom of the wheel but it seems the two armsl ones go through the holes either side of the nut. More like this one. Realistically, I'm going to use this less than 5 times in my life so I may just ask a local garage to do it tbh. Don't have to store the tool. My brother would buy the tool from Screwfix and then return it, but that's too dishonest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The correct two leg puller is required so you don't shear the nylon rods that join the two halves of the column to each other at the sleeve joint, if you "rag f£$% out of it" you often will have a rattly column afterwards and if its really bad an MOT fail because of up and down movement. The correct puller is this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175452460988?hash=item28d9c817bc:g:RDIAAOSw2aVjJxHd&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsIUiI1zvGLqxX2zYn0zflDdts9SByF5Y%2FWawbdqJAF0TGcPY6EukConwlC057WNHb7qS0K%2FsBP5C5fsDoEIrBrplQysE4OgCYErSBmcBtHacqzYygn%2Bfv0J3ZMxTmw63Ph671ufV4ANBgK9SOC1nxPp3x8yDTX%2FwnAPIVpXhdkXtfN%2BuqzGeZlZpYWRV40P4b4XSmiKoViUJi3zH2ITQvE1J9xPKnpJkxGxcraKm5SYT|tkp%3ABk9SR6bBt-GAYQ Its cheap and will remove the wheel without needing to beat anything and risk damage. If you have a damaged column it can be repaired by removing the rods from the column, pulling them apart, cleaning them and then removing the broken bit of nylon from the outer rod. Then you mark the inner rod where the nylon went into the outer shaft and pop the outer one back on, line up inner and out to the mark. Use a fine drill bit to make a hole right through the inner and outer (its easy because you are drilling nylon all the way through. You then need to insert a fresh piece of super thin nylon rod (same size as you drilled) or use a piece of mig wire. The idea of the nylon is to stop rattles but the column is split in two so in an accident the nylon rods break and the column can collapse at the lower lattice. Another reason not to beat the wheel to remove is the lattice can get damaged and so can the shear mounts at the top. Do columns properly, they are required to be safe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepbowles Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Yes, good information there for sure. There's a warning in Haynes but the fix is often what's missing. Fortunately, my brute strength was applied evenly in the direction of the column but it did nothing at all regardless. For whatever reason, you eBay link doesn't seem to work for me. Perhaps it's an old listing that ended some time ago and has been deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 9 hours ago, mepbowles said: Yes, good information there for sure. There's a warning in Haynes but the fix is often what's missing. Fortunately, my brute strength was applied evenly in the direction of the column but it did nothing at all regardless. For whatever reason, you eBay link doesn't seem to work for me. Perhaps it's an old listing that ended some time ago and has been deleted. Its a copy paste of an old post I made on exactly this topic a while ago, the link puller looks just like the one you posted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Check out this amazing instructional video on how to do it with even a very basic gear puller. The principle is the same for all the puller types as you'll never pull it off the splines by hand... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 12/02/2023 at 15:59, Sutty2006 said: They do take a good rogering to get off! I've just discovered that I'm a steering wheel! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt/e paul Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Pop over to see me matt I have the real Kent Moore puller I bought from vauxhall years ago . At least I can have some justification for how much it cost the more steering wheels I remove 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 If your car is road-going, I'm only an hour away from Maidenhead, so can swap the wheels over if you haven't done it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Manta Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 I'll whip out my special tool... ...and then the wheel puller! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Rick-Manta said: I'll whip out my special tool... ...and then the wheel puller! 😬🙈😂😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mepbowles Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Thanks all, I got the wheels swapped with the correct tool just before my time got robbed by another child coming along. The horn was abit flaky at first but for whatever reason it soon warmed up to full volume. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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