Its been on there for fifty years, its not going to give up easily!!
My dad, the Army mechanic, said that they used to reverse the nut and
two whacks with a hammer, while pulling up on the wheel, and pop the
wheel came off. DON'T TRY THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE A NEW JEEP!! It won't
work!!
What I did was to drill and tap two holes near the center of the wheel
near the shaft, leave enough room to put the nut back on upside down,
put a plate under the puller bolt, bolt the puller to the two holes
and apply pressure, heat and careful tapping with an appropriate
hammer/mallet.
I don't like the ring method described as it puts the pressure in the
wrong place, too far from the hub.
Joe F.
---safe male wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 18:31:08 EST, you wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi MV list:
> >
> >Any hints on pulling an M38's steering wheel off? I was all set to
rebuild my
> >steering gear (thanks to John Bizal's parts!) but was completely
frustrated in
> >my attempts to pull that #$%^&@! wheel off the shaft.
> >
> >So far I've applied penetrating oil, heated the inside of the end
of the shaft
> >with a light-duty torch several times, but so far no good. I'm
using a 4"
> >gear puller with a steel ring under the wheel to spread the pulling
pressure.
> >I've had this moma cranked down so tight the plastic of the wheel
is cracking
> >and I'm beginning to damage the end of the shaft where the nut
threads on.
>
> my dad all ways told me to leave the nuts on flush with the end when
> you do that kinds of stuff if you can
> if you cant sorry to bug the list
> >
> >Grrrr... I'm going to take a break before I break something or
myself -
> >probably both.
> >
> >Steve Johnston
> >
> >sbjohnston@aol.com
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