RE: GTV6 steering wheel removal

[Scott Fisher <sfisher71@domain.elided>]

Anyone watching the Acropolis Rally last weekend no
doubt caught the staggering video of one of the
drivers holding the wheel relatively straight, while
the navigator reached over with a ratchet and suitable
socket and tightened the wheel nuts while the driver
continued at speed.

--Scott Fisher
  Tualatin, Oregon

--- "Crawford, Pat" <crawfordpat@domain.elided> wrote:
> I hear ya. I have ben trying for 2 months to take my
> 79 spider steering
> wheel off!!
> Pat Dallas
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weiss, Jeffrey [mailto:jeffrey.weiss@domain.elided]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:43 AM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: GTV6 steering wheel removal
> 
> 
> > ...put good load on the wheel, then give a mighty
> blow 
> >  to the center shaft w/ BFH, shock will pop the
> wheel free
> > - 99% of the time, don't ask about the remaining
> 1%.
> 
> Why is it that steering wheels are always so hard to
> remove?
> Seems to me there are other parts of a car/engine
> that are
> under significantly more stress but come apart a lot
> more
> easily and with more conventional easy-to-obtain
> tools.
> 
> Is there an evil steering wheel union out there or
> something?
> --
> jw
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