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- bozzzydmc - 10 Jan 2007
Cheers Dan !
- steve.s - 11 Jan 2007
hi
i've not done a delorean wheel. but have MX5's.
be a bit carefull using brute sudden force as the columns are collapsable.
try pulling hard with very slight rocking.
if there is a lock nut in the middle, shouldn't this be replaced. (mx5's should be as its a nyloc)
steve
- Daniel Shane - 11 Jan 2007
You can pull the wheel off but It's a bugger to do.
Some come right off some need a little brute force. If you do go for the manual pulling method my tip is undo the nut in the middle but leave on on the shaft by a couple of turns.
That way when the wheel comes off it wont smash you in the face !!!!
However the puller makes the job easy.
- ChrisS - 11 Jan 2007
Daniel Shane Wrote:If you do go for the manual pulling method my tip is undo the nut in the middle but leave on on the shaft by a couple of turns.
That way when the wheel comes off it wont smash you in the face !!!!
However the puller makes the job easy.
Oh Dan your not suppose to tell em that, you spoil all my fun :twisted:
- bozzzydmc - 11 Jan 2007
I thought Dan was speaking from experience there
Thats the kind of 'clever' trick i would do ....
- Daniel Shane - 11 Jan 2007
Not me but I have seen it done on a Delorean.
The best one is on a Lotus Elise as the column is sprung loaded so if you forget to leave the nut on it flys off with such force it broke the poor blokes nose !!!
- Pilot25dmc - 11 Jan 2007
Dont know who it was that said to hit the wheel with a rubber hammer...?
Just like to say "GREAT TIP!!"
I have been wrestling with my steering wheel for months and saw your post today, bought a rubber hammer in my local tool shop and in five minutes I had the wheel off, great work.