Success!!!

[chesbaycruiser 82]

Only took about 4 months of PB Blaster, intermittent hammer-banging, an extended dip in the electrolysis tank, a touch of the MAPP gas torch and some more rigorous banging, and at last.....Eureka!!! (Final talley...Chris wins the battle of the hitch-pin and steering wheel, wheel-hubs are a draw!)

:omg:

[Roger from southern Iowa 1]

You just proved it.

Patience IS a virtue!!!!

Glad you won the battle.

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,330]

Good job. I would suggest not putting the plastic coller back on rather get a stainless pipe and slide it over the shaft. Like this one..

[Shuboxlover 478]

Stevebo........

THAT SHAFT LOOKS FREAKING FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

I know what I'm doing come spring!!!!! :D

[Butch 194]

Steve what size stainless pipe is that and where did you get it?

Butch

S. Jersey

[Butch 194]

And what is that you're towing behind you? It looks like it is foot pedal operated and looks like it is being dragged along the gound.

[Gene_S 93]

Stevebo that looks like a 3/4 shaft like it should be... Don't see anything around it? Or is the SS super thin?

[rickv1957 72]

Them steering wheels sure can be tough,great job!,Rick

[Kelly 1,029]

Can I send you a few steering wheels noe that you have it down.

[C-Series14 15]

2 stuck steering wheels...12 ton press from HF...2 successful steering wheel removals from the shaft. Boy, was it loud when it let loose!!!

I can put the steering wheel in the press with the dash still on it so that makes it nice.

I got a a setup from work that was "unaccounted for" that would make a good press, just need to rig it up. It is 17.5 ton. It is like a bottle jack with a frame work around it.

[Butch 194]

C-Series14 you probably used just about all 12 tons to make it pop too. PB blaster and others don't make any difference at that point. I drilled 12 holes along the steering shaft and steering wheel hub and let it soak for 3 days. Nothing. With all that metal contact area gone it still took 9 tons to make it pop. For light stuff PB Blaster might be okay but for heavy stuff you need lots of heat or a press. PB Blaster had no affect on the torsion bars on my F150. Heat and a big hammer did.

[C-Series14 15]

Yea, the first one I did, off my C-195 was a bear! I took the cross piece off the press and used 2 pieces of angle iron on each side of the press uprights so i could put the shaft in the press and then clamped the angle iron together. It bent the angle iron pretty good before it popped! This second shaft I took the original press cross piece off and cut the bracing in between it out so I could put the shaft in between it. It is much stronger than the angle iron. Worked much better!

Guess I will paint the orange press "red" while I am painting the C-141!!!

[pfrederi 17,646]

This second shaft I took the original press cross piece off and cut the bracing in between it out so I could put the shaft in between it. It is much stronger than the angle iron.

I have a HF 20 ton press and I was wondering how you got it in the press with the dashboard still on the shaft....

[C-Series14 15]

This second shaft I took the original press cross piece off and cut the bracing in between it out so I could put the shaft in between it. It is much stronger than the angle iron.

I have a HF 20 ton press and I was wondering how you got it in the press with the dashboard still on the shaft....

Paul. On my 12 ton, the cross piece (table) that sits on the pins that are adjustable on the uprights, has a small piece of angle iron welded on each end to hold the 2 pieces of channel iron together. I cut one of them out, with the cross piece (table) removed, I then took the steering wheel assembly and slid it inbetween the table and put the whole thing back in the press and ta-da! If you want a pic, I could take one but I think you will ge tthe idea.

[chesbaycruiser 82]

Stevebo,

Beautiful 314 and a great photo! I love the glow of the headlighs as seen from the back....excellent!

And I second the question...what the hell is that behind the tractor!?!?!

CB

[pfrederi 17,646]

This second shaft I took the original press cross piece off and cut the bracing in between it out so I could put the shaft in between it. It is much stronger than the angle iron.

I have a HF 20 ton press and I was wondering how you got it in the press with the dashboard still on the shaft....

Paul. On my 12 ton, the cross piece (table) that sits on the pins that are adjustable on the uprights, has a small piece of angle iron welded on each end to hold the 2 pieces of channel iron together. I cut one of them out, with the cross piece (table) removed, I then took the steering wheel assembly and slid it inbetween the table and put the whole thing back in the press and ta-da! If you want a pic, I could take one but I think you will ge tthe idea.

Thanks I got it...Clever idea...

[Roger from southern Iowa 1]

I did the same thing with my 12 ton press. It is now a lot more user friendly...:omg:

[BPjunk 184]

The steering wheel was frozen to the shaft on my model 701, took it to work and used a 100 ton Dake press ...... the steering wheel gave up at 7 tons with a bang!

Wild Bill