1940 sedan steering wheel

[magzboy]

Trying to remove my steering wheel. The horn button is unclipped and the nut is off. There are not any 5/16 holes to use a hub puller as others have said to use. The outer metal part of the horn is still inside the hub - does this come out somehow ?This Kiwi is frustrated !

 

[petehoovie]

See > https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/40-ford-steering-wheel-removal.1060955/


Or maybe a Model A steering wheel puller > https://www.blueovalclassics.ca/lif...model-a-ford-steering-wheel-puller-early-late

Or > https://www.ebay.com/itm/2269940583...FHGxmQs/p1FZ1iMBjqK+OtaVRk|tkp:Bk9SR7qgkdalaA

Or something like this > https://www.amazon.com/Bearing-Adju...l-Supplies/dp/B0C9MQSG7D?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[glennpm]

A large capacity bearing separator is one alternative. These are carried by Harbor Freight in the USA or Amazon in Australia.

https://shorturl.at/zkKlG

I'd put some leather or thick rubber like red rubber for gasketing, between the splitter and the wheel.

 

[The Art Doctor]

Some '40 wheels have threaded pulling holes and some do not. I got mine without holes off using a traditional steering wheel puller (without the side bolts obviously) below a 2x4 as long as the wheel's spokes with a hole in the middle for the center bolt to come up through. I lashed the 2x4 to the spokes and hub area with clothesline and it eventually popped off. It did flex the wheel and if I tried that again I'd keep the lashing at the hub area and not far out on the spokes. The bearing separator puller is probably a much better idea.

 

[Kube]

I have drilled and tapped a pair of 5/16 (fine thread) holes at 180° from each other and used a harmonic balancer puller.

 

[glennpm]

I have drilled and tapped a pair of 5/16 (fine thread) holes at 180° from each other and used a harmonic balancer puller.

I've done the same thing but used a steering wheel puller. The tapping can be done with the wheel mounted but you'll need a bottoming tap. A regular tap can be use to start the threads, but at the bottom of the cutting, you'll hit the steering column tube, therefore the bottoming tap.

 

[19Fordy]

Note: If you don't have a bottoming tap you can grind
down a conventional taper tap on a grinding wheel by hand.

 

[magzboy]

Thanks to all who have given me hope of resolving this problem. Really appreciated

 

[Flathead Fever]

I use this vintage Snap-On steering wheel puller. I found it in the attic of a garage that had been in business since 1950. It works super on '40 Ford wheels, it was made for them, takes them right off. I added the hose on the bottom of it so as not to crack the wheels as a little extra cushion.

There is one just like this one for sale on eBay but they want $249.00 for it. That's too much.

 

[petehoovie]

I use this vintage Snap-On steering wheel puller. I found it in the attic of a garage that had been in business since 1950. It works super on '40 Ford wheels, it was made for them, takes them right off. I added the hose on the bottom of it so as not to crack the wheels as a little extra cushion.