227-5, how do i take my steering wheel off?

[Jparkes43 329]

As you may know i am currently building a 227-5 to make it faster than when it came out the factory but there is one thing i wold like to so but i have no idea how to take it off.

 

help is greatly appreciated

 

james 

[Jparkes43 329]

oh guys i just check my manual and saw that it was a pin through the wheel that held it on so i tried tapping it out and trying to get it out with pliars but none worked so i am asking you guys the best way to do that as i don't want to break it 

 

thanks 

 

james 

[meadowfield 2,545]

If you can get the whole wheel and shaft out then clamp it in a vice and knock the pin out with a drift. You have to get the pin out!

[Jparkes43 329]

that is an option but that would be a lot of work just to see what the shaft is like so il will try tomorrow with a bit more force

 

james 

[tarcoleo 119]

If you can get somebody to hold something heavy against the steering column just

below the steering wheel like the head of a sledge, you will be able to nock the pin out

with a drift without taking the column out.  Just my theory.

[Jparkes43 329]

i will try that tomorrow, thank you for your help.

 

james 

[Stormin 9,975]

Good luck, James. I've been trying to get the pin out on my C-120 for days. It's rock solid, (been in since 1980) and shaft and wheel are off the machine. It's getting regular applications of penetrating fluid at the moment.

[Jparkes43 329]

Good luck, James. I've been trying to get the pin out on my C-120 for days. It's rock solid, (been in since 1980) and shaft and wheel are off the machine. It's getting regular applications of penetrating fluid at the moment.

you story is exactly the same as mine although your slightly worse of as yours has been in there since 1980 and thankfully ive only got 24 years of rust!!!

 

The penetrating fluid seems to help a little but not as much as i would hope/like

 

james

[rmaynard 14,865]

The biggest problem is that with the steering wheels being made of plastic, when you try to back up the pin as you tap it out, the plastic hub will be damaged. I bought a cheap air hammer and a 1/4" pin punch. That's the one with a little on the end that fits into the center of the pin. Then the repetitious hammering of the air hammer moves the pin out without having to back it up. Then if the wheel is frozen to the shaft, the next part off the saga begins.

 

 

Apparently the software here doesn't like my choice of words, so I replaced it with an image of the word.

 

 

Edited July 31, 2014 by rmaynard

[Zeus55 38]

Same problem with my 701 steering wheel. The pin is so hard to get out.

I've started to clean the hole in the pin with a small drill and remove all dirt and rust. Then I'm applying a strong loose nut and let it work for a couple of days...

I'll try then

Edited July 31, 2014 by Zeus55

[Stormin 9,975]

To save any more damage to the wheel, it was already cracked, I'm going to clean up the instrument panel in situ. I did think of cutting and sleeving then re welding the shaft but I don't I need to.

[Charlie Smith 142]

I've never actully looked at my steering wheel closely as in taking it off,

If you haven't already got it off, could you not drill the old pin out, then when you're putting it back on, buy the right sized Clevis pin and r clip?

[meadowfield 2,545]

The pins are a rolled pin, made from a tight roll of spring steel. I doubt you could drill one out, you can try a smaller punch and see if the centre will break and push through first to relieve the pressure...