Maybe it’s timeTried the puller again with new bolts and the right side keeps stripping out whenever I tighten the middle. So frustrating!! I might bring it to a shop.
My cars are 91 and 93, so maybe they attach differently, but as I recall if you put the center bolt back in loosely you could actually just wiggle the wheel (forcibly) and changing hand positions from time to time to get it free. The reason you put the bolt in is only to catch the wheel when it pops loose so you don’t fly into the back seat.
For the record...there is the main shaft under the cover on the steering wheel that you remove exposing a NUT, NOT a bolt...on it. You remove the NUT.
When you remove the cover, there will be two holes that a puller bolts into. The threaded insert on the puller threads through the puller. Once threaded through the puller, you place the provided pivot end on the puller that threads against the main shaft that you removed the nut off of. Then you start to tighten down the threaded insert. That action will force the steering wheel to pull off of the shaft.
IF.... You are doing anything different from that,...smack yourself,...then take the car to a mechanic, and pay out the ass for somebody who knows how to fit a round peg into a round hole, to put a steering wheel on...Then sell the car to somebody else who knows how to use a steering wheel puller.
For the record...there is the main shaft under the cover on the steering wheel that you remove exposing a NUT, NOT a bolt...on it. You remove the NUT.
When you remove the cover, there will be two holes that a puller bolts into. The threaded insert on the puller threads through the puller. Once threaded through the puller, you place the provided pivot end on the puller that threads against the main shaft that you removed the nut off of. Then you start to tighten down the threaded insert. That action will force the steering wheel to pull off of the shaft.
IF.... You are doing anything different from that,...smack yourself,...then take the car to a mechanic, and pay out the ass for somebody who knows how to fit a round peg into a round hole, to put a steering wheel on...Then sell the car to somebody else who knows how to use a steering wheel puller.
Heres some pics of the wheel. I am most likely bringing it to a shop to remove it.
In the pics it kinda looks like the metal of the steering wheel around the end of the steering shaft is boogered up. Make sure that the center bolt of the puller is not hitting the steering wheel. If that happens then you are pulling and pushing on the wheel at the same time. It will never come off like that. I've had those pullers bend before. If you're not lined up straight it will start to bend. Once it does that the bolts are toast. The metal might just be marked up from puller walking around as you turn it. Does the puller you are using have an end with a point or is it flat? The point goes in the middle of the steering shaft to keep it from moving. At least that how the ones I've used worked! Good luck!
When I use a steering wheel puller I thread the bolt in the center hole a few turns and blade the puller on the bolt head.
You're beyond that now. That screw hole is stripped. Some penetrating oil like wd40 or PBblaster may help loosen it. Just spray it and let it sit for a while. Put the bolt in until it is about a 16th to a 1/4 inch gap. Put some plastic ( like plastic bag plastic ) over the bolt head and stick the socket on it. Now....pull on the wheel with one hand and smack the socket with a hammer with the other hand. A few good smacks should get it off.
Rocking the steering wheel back and forth from the top and bottom of the wheel helps to work it loose.
I haven't seen one stuck that bad in a long time.
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