Removing a steering wheel from a rubber bumper B is not easy. You cannot just undo the nut (even though I now have the right size socket) and pull it off. It will not move, even if you tie a rope around it and pull it with a Peugeot 406. The rope broke.
The MGOC forums suggest the pulling and hitting with a hammer technique, but for every advocate of this method there is a tale of doom and collapsed steering columns, so I will avoid. The forum also suggested using a pipe freeze spray, to drop the temperature of the bolt and therefore hopefully compress it slightly. Nope.
Google is your friend. Moss in the US stock a MGB Steering Wheel Puller but Moss in the UK do not. Nor were they willing to try and get one for me. So, the wonders of the web, I ordered one straight from Moss in the US. What a smooth and simple operation – it took just under a week to get to me, no hassle at all. Granted, the postage cost almost as much as the tool, but sometimes a man cannot resist new tools.
Puller in positionBut, you know what? It’s still not that simple. Aha, thought I, a five minute job now. Two G-clamps, a socket and some turning, off it will pop. Almost…
Dead G-Clamps…new G-clamps are on the way.
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