01 MG Steering Wheel Removal

John Twist explains how to remove the steering wheel on MGBs and Midgets

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Howto & Style

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• MG
• Steering
• wheel
• Universitymotors

[bugeyev8]

you have got to be joking...that is NOT how to remove a steering wheel, that is HOW you booger up the end of the column and mash the threads, I have taken apart tons of MGs where this method was used , not only does it mash the threads it also damages the slip joint in the column on Midgets , I would NOT suggest this method of removal

[Universitymotorsltd]

You have to be very careful! With the nut at the end of the column and the hammer set flat against it, the change of damaging the column or nut threads is very slight. By placing your knees under the wheel at the bottom and your right hand at 12:00 and PULLING on the wheel, there is little chance of damaging the slip joint. Perhaps you've removed more wheels than I have. I can tell you I've removed hundreds? thousands? of steering wheels using this method and it works wonderfully well. John

[patio87]

No he can spell, you can't.

[galaxyflyer1]

I still can't mine off!

[john585yt]

Why not just remove the 8 1/2 inch bolts all the way around, and just leave the hub on the column? No hammer needed.

When you take stuff off, you have to justify how much to take off, and weigh that against what could happen in the process. If there is a conservative alternative that will give the equivalent result.

[heartlessvietboy]

When I was young, I noticed several things about the automobile. Here is what I have to say. A large circular steering wheel inside a car is out of place. It takes too much space. A new non-large, non-circular design of the steering wheel will match the interior of the car more. Also, the rear view mirror does not look like it belongs on the windshield. Shift knobs also need to be redesigned so that it does not stick out. On the exterior, the Front hood of a car looks like a shopping cart.

[insightjm]

Hi John,

Love your videos -- very informative. Tried your method on my 78 B, but did not work. Was afraid of messing up threads and/or column if I kept at it. Then got bright idea of using nail punch with broader tip since column has a nice little depression in the end that exactly centers punch on column thereby avoiding the nut. Two hits and off popped the wheel! Maybe the previous bashing loosened things, but will always use the punch in future. Just a suggestion...

[growelf]

While I think the video is informative I found using a $10 steering wheel removal tool to be way easier and less likely to break something.

[abstractduk]

wish mine came off that easy!

[5342abc]

Perfect demo, well commentated!!

[whipthedog]

Its to jar the wheel loose. You have to make sure you support the wheel with your knees so as not to damage the collapseable section of the column shaft. What a lot of people do is back the nut off a couple of threads above the top of the shaft and put a bolt or drift on the top of the shaft and hit that with a hammer. It has been done this way for a 100 years

[saelaird]

Why do you guys hit the centre of the steering wheel with a great big hammer?

[Markgcr]

They look like comfortable shorts to me, not those stupid things that people wear today.

[RC60618]

I use them every day......