I have a top column power steering seal blown so the first thing I have to do is remove the steering wheel. I ran across this video on Youtube with one guy removing his wheel. He really butchered the job and wound up cutting it off. It's worth watching just to see him screw it up that bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82DU3PHjGo
Anyway, I was a little worried because some dumbbell evidently drilled the dimple hole in my steering column stud off center the same as he did. Anyway, on my 202 there was no room under the wheel to get a three jaw puller on it. So I had to use the bearing puller with the flat side up as you see in the picture.
I got a 5/8-18 nut to put on it before I put the puller on it so I wouldn't split it like the guy in the video did. But the new nut wouldn't screw on and I was afraid to screw up the threads on the column so I wound up not using it.
The puller had a bearing on it for the dimple as you see in the picture. I think this also helped in not splitting the column top as the guy in the video did. You can also see how my post was drilled off center.
I put that puller on it a 3 PM yesterday and tightened it up without getting nuts about it. At hourly intervals, I sprayed it with Amsoil MP and tapped on the post with a hammer and tightened the puller another half turn. Using that bearing puller, I was able to use those two top nuts to adjust it so that it was pulling up straight, not crooked like the guy in the video.
Anyway, it finally popped loose about 9:30 AM this morning. If you actually watch what the guy in the video does to his, you'll see why I'm happy with my outcome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B82DU3PHjGo
Anyway, I was a little worried because some dumbbell evidently drilled the dimple hole in my steering column stud off center the same as he did. Anyway, on my 202 there was no room under the wheel to get a three jaw puller on it. So I had to use the bearing puller with the flat side up as you see in the picture.
I got a 5/8-18 nut to put on it before I put the puller on it so I wouldn't split it like the guy in the video did. But the new nut wouldn't screw on and I was afraid to screw up the threads on the column so I wound up not using it.
The puller had a bearing on it for the dimple as you see in the picture. I think this also helped in not splitting the column top as the guy in the video did. You can also see how my post was drilled off center.
I put that puller on it a 3 PM yesterday and tightened it up without getting nuts about it. At hourly intervals, I sprayed it with Amsoil MP and tapped on the post with a hammer and tightened the puller another half turn. Using that bearing puller, I was able to use those two top nuts to adjust it so that it was pulling up straight, not crooked like the guy in the video.
Anyway, it finally popped loose about 9:30 AM this morning. If you actually watch what the guy in the video does to his, you'll see why I'm happy with my outcome.