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Let’s Try This Again….Removing Steering Wheel From Hub
Don’t know if my steering wheel is original or not but because the top of the circle is so thin and wiggles so much when touched I will be installing a thicker duplicate wheel that is also a inch smaller in diameter. I found the three screws in the back which when removed allows the center button to be removed but am in a quandary as to how I proceed.
The remaining fasteners look like rivets. Do I drill these out to remove the wheel from the hub? I might try digging out the centers to see if they are actually Allen screws but if so wonder why they were filled in. Any ideas?
More photos of how thin this steering wheel is at the top…3/4”. It moves easily back and forth with just a tiny bit of hand pressure. If someone was to grab this area to steady themselves getting into the front seat I believe it would snap in two.
Always a good plan to refer to the factory workshop manual or, at the very least, the parts manual.
As you have found and pictured, the steering wheel is a manufactured assembly . . . the two parts being the spoked wood-rim wheel and its mounting yoke or collar. They are not designed to be disassembled. The correct procedure for removing the wheel is by removing the large hex nut seen down inside on the steering shaft . . . it is evident in your pic . . . then, the entire wheel and mounting yoke assembly is pulled off the splined shaft.
Surely this is evident on your replacement steering wheel?
Replacement wheel has not arrived yet and in this case it attaches with bolts and nuts where the rivets were originally so they will have to be drilled out. I did find this process discussed on a past post on the subject. I realize I sometimes ask questions with answers found somewhere on the Internet but am always looking to see if there are newer options or procedures. I also don’t want to do any unnecessary damage by not investigating first. 😊
Let’s Try This Again….Removing Steering Wheel From Hub
