steering wheel wont come off

SaleenGT2001

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i have used the 3 jaw puller and put so much force on it that the aluminum around the inner part of the wheel is starting to crack! WTF?!?! is there some step i missed? the torx bolt is out and all the buttons are disconnected. any tips??

should i heat it up with a propane torch??

 

SaleenGT2001

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n/m i got it

 

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ceracer33

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do whatever it was that u did to get it off, that should get it off lol

 

Superhereaux

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SaleenGT2001 said:

n/m i got it

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care to share that information with the rest of us?

 

SaleenGT2001

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i think the socket i put over the end of the shaft of the puller was off center a little.

it took about 6 times of repositioning it and it finally came off. the FR500 went on very easy after the old wheel came off.

 

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bdcardinal

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easy way to take wheels off on a lot fords is to take the nut off, then put back on a couple threads and rock the wheel back and forth till is slips off and hits the nut. i dont think any of the techs at my dealer even own a steering wheel puller. whats nice is that on some models they eliminated that setup all together and all you need is an 8mm socket to get the wheel off.