Howard Eisenhauer wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:30:37 -0700, Hawke
wrote:


How do you get the steering wheel off an old CJ5 Jeep? I have a '74 CJ5
that I want to put a new steering wheel on. I have a wheel puller but it
doesn't work on steering wheels this old. I've tried to find out a
method for getting the wheel off when there are no holes in the steering
wheel to screw into. But I'm stuck and so far nobody seems to know how
to take off the old steering wheels. So I thought I would give it a shot
here. Anyone know how you get the steering wheel of an old Jeep when a
conventional wheel puller doesn't work? Oh, and I've already tried the
rubber mallet to the back of the wheel method. That wouldn't do it either.

Hawke



An all to common problem

I guess! First, thanks to all for the help and all the ideas. Now at
least I have some things to try and probably one of them will do the
trick. It also tells me that there is nothing wrong and that it's just a
matter of applying enough force to the wheel to get it to come off. The
trick will be applying enough force without breaking anything. I'm
really quite good at breaking things. So I'll have to make sure my skill
in that department doesn't keep me from the job of actually removing the
wheel.

Hawke