Trying to change the ignition switch on a 92 passat. Got everything off but then faced with a extremely tight splined sleeve which holds the die-cast aluminium housing for lock barrel and ignition switch all together. The Haynes BOL didn't mention anything about that! "Withdraw clamping sleeve" it suggested.. much cursing and hammering later it hadn't budged.
Anyway, I am led to believe I need a steering wheel puller, Does anyone know where i might find such a tool?
Easy-peasy. Just look under the "Steering Wheel Puller Suppliers" section of your local Yellow Pages. :-)
Or for a sensible suggestion, you could either try a local tool specialist (motor factors tend to be quite limited for tools in my experience) or
Peter
The only dedicated steering wheel puller I know of is by snap on. Usually, most wheels come off by removing the nut and using two hands as hammers on each underside of the wheel, this works 99 per cent. The other one percent involve getting pressure on the underside and giving the centre shaft a quick whack.
mrcheerful
If you're lucky, there might be 2 tapped holes in the boss casting. If you've the facilities. Drill and tap a steel bar, maybe 20-25 mm thick.
2 clearance holes to match the pitch of the boss holes. Drill and tap another hole between them. Two long bolts screwed through the bar into the boss. Then jack the wheel off with another screw through the centre hole onto the shaft itself. Mike.On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 21:43:07 +0000, mrcheerful
Cheers, but I was a bit misleading in my post I think. The wheel itself is no problem to get off, the problem is a splined 'sleeve' on the steering wheel shaft itself which has to come off to allow the ignition switch holder to come off. I think what I actually need is a regular puller similar to
Well, that method gets the wheel off, but I tend to end up with a 2 or three spoke imprint on my face whenever I do it.
to get lumps off the end of steering columns, I have used a large flat piece of metal to slide up and hit the alloy bit with.
mrcheerful
Easy, leave the nut on the end of the shaft.
I had the same problem when trying to remove a steering wheel adaptor at the local scrapyard... it's still on the car... ;-)
It needed some kind of "puller" to get it off without smashing it up trying to get it off, did try hammering it but wouldn't budge.
Mark S.
Success :)
Bought a sykes-pickavant puller from halfords at a reasonable 14.99. For some reason I had assumed they wouldnt have such a thing.
Things go so much easier when you have the right tools...
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