Another steering wheel removal saga

[JimSraj 444]

Been trying to remove the steering wheel from the shaft on a T1267  carcass, I‘ll finally be parting out, for about 4 days. Getting the collar under the steering wheel loose, before I could even get to the steering wheel, was all kinds of fun. Once I got the set screw out, it had been stripped out by a PO, so it had to be drilled and removed with an ez out. I tried soaking the collar with Kroil for a couple days, heating with acetylene, small pipe wrench, heating again, more Kroil. Finally threaded a machine screw into the set screw hole and was able to drive it back and forth until it became loose enough to slide down out of the way letting me lower the dash.  Oh yeah, I cracked the dash while trying to pry the steering wheel off before I decided to loosen the collar😡. 
Well the steering wheel got another few applications of Kroil while I modified a bolt to thread into the steering shaft. My 2 arm puller has a 1/2” fine thread shaft with a short area of 7/16” at the tip that’s not threaded and a small ‘nipple’ in the center of that. I centered a 7/16” hole in the top if a 3/8”x1-1/4” bolt, that had a oversized hex head which I rounded off to fit inside the steering wheel center. Then a 9/32” hole centered in that depression to accept the tip of the puller. See the pictures. After threading the modified bolt into the shaft and Another liberal dose of Kroil and I started cranking. It was getting pretty hard to turn the puller shaft when It let out aloud sound and broke free. Wish I’d have thought of this idea before cracking the dash. 
Anyway, it worked very well so I thought I’d share it with you all maybe it will work for someone else. 

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[peter lena 8,814]

@JimSraj https://www.harborfreight.com/bearing-separator-and-puller-set-62593.html?event_id=184005&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21905696056&campaignid=21905696056&utm_content=169026379663&adsetid=169026379663&product=62593&store=473&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7NO7BhDsARIsADg_hIYPFjifbvnVdZLtEo16oeU5G-vJ82NuKrHrfrY15jaYO24pGZ9NHFsaAjIIEALw_wcB  the more direct your lifting attempt , like directly under / behind  the area , the more solid the draw , of course , lubrication is involved , when the attempted move , responds  solidly / easily ,its telling you the way to go . just  my experience , pete