Steering wheel removal

[Too many Kubotas]

Unsure if this will help. My Kubota has a special tool for removing the steering wheel. Attached is a picture.

It looks like a gear puller with a circular metal plate attached to the three legs of the puller. Likely because the steering wheel is mostly plastic and deforms too much using just the three legs of the puller.

Maybe you you could modify your puller to make something similar.

That's basically what my bearing puller attempt created, a near continuous support for the bottom of the 'wheel.

Had it turned upside down to get a flat contact surface, then used a stout Snap-On puller.

Guess I could cut out a plate from thick material, mimicking that design, and try it. Then again, at this point I have no idea where the nut ended up so it may be best to leave well enough alone. Besides, I used the steering wheel I was going to swap in on another vehicle.

 

[34Willys]

Get a dedicated steering wheel puller kit. I tried other pulleys on my Kioti, and they wouldn't work. Too narrow of an area for bolts. This popped it right off.

https://www.harborfreight.com/steering-wheel-remover-set-63685.html

Patrick

 

[JJT]

I needed to get under the dash of my Kubota and the documented procedure was to remove the steering wheel. I didn't, even with size 12 hands I was able to get into the dash to swap out the glow plug relay and controller. Are you absolutely certain the steering wheel needs to come off?

 

[Jaygyver]

I've been thinking on doing the same for the last dozen years or so on my '97 (bought in '98) JD-770 to put some switch's in for lights. Just thought it would be easier to remove the steering wheel for access.
Gonna have to re-assess the amount of room to do it now in case of the same problem.

I've had -some- luck using my air vibrating tool (basically a chisel hammer) on the -side- of what ever I'm pulling off. If it was aluminum or I thought it would be too soft I just used a piece of metal to protect it but still let the vibrations through. I didn't "help" it from the bottom, I just put it on the side nearest the shaft so I didn't have to worry about the bearing or sleeve or what ever coming loose or getting damaged.

 

[bob11x]

Depending on how fine the splines are (or if keyed); Soak with penetrating oil, heat as much as possible; Dad used to sit in the seat, put his knees under the wheel to provide upward force and then use a brass punch driving down on the shaft (nut on to protect the threads). Brass punch reduced some of the impact but allowed enough to shock it. Just be sure to keep holding up- you want to have the free play so you don't beat the shaft into the gearbox.
Sometimes it worked, others not so much. YMMV Good Luck

 

[IH3444]

 

[Too many Kubotas]

That top one looks like what I attempted last, before giving up. A bearing puller and a stout puller.

Come to think of it, that Kubota 'wheel is the only one I've failed to remove, ever.

 

[Camofurever1]

Try something like this. The wide angle iron under the wheel hub will give more surface area to pull without breaking away the plastic. One of the guys on another site was trying to remove the steering wheel on his Kubota X1100C and had tried every other type of puller for weeks on end. They all failed to remove it. He finally devised this and between several liberal applications of Kroil penetrant and these puller pads made out of angle iron with 5/16 threads tapped into the angle iron. He had to apply quite a bit of force, but the wheel finally popped off with no damage. Before he put the wheel back on, he applied Never Cease to the spline shaft to make removal much easier next time.

 

[rschoug]

I once found myself in this exact predicament (it wasn't a tractor but may apply). In my case, there was a retaining ring (split ring) that wasn't really obvious in casual observation. I had to push the steering wheel down to gain access to the split ring.

 

[Gord Baker]

I need to remove the steering wheel from my '98 JD 755. The nut comes right off, but I can't get to wheel off the shaft. I've tried a three arm puller with penetration oil. I've tried hitting the shaft and nothing works. My biggest concern is breaking the wheel. I want to take the wheel off so I can dismantle the instrument panel. Any ideas? TIA.

Try using an air impact gun while putting upward pressure on the wheel. Don't damage the threads. Install the nut half way first.
are you certain there is no set screw or pin?