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Riley 
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 Topic: Steering wheelPosted: August-12-2010 at 2:30pm |
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Gary, I've got the puller. I was hoping they came with a plate, but it appears that is a custom item. Where's a good place to get one of those, a machine shop?
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Gary S
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 9:40pm |
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Interesting Tim,I have never seen one of those.As for a puller you need something like this Harbor Freight has them too.Then you get a plate,cut a slot in it the width of the steering shaft,drill a couple of holes to put the puller bolts thru and use that to pull against the whole hub of the wheel.
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rithmetic man
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 6:27pm |
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Bruce we really had a tough time getting the wheel that I am using off the donor boat. We ended up heating the column and eventually wrestled it off. It also had a plastic housing that will definitely deform if you get too much heat in one place. I would think a 4 prong puller with a metal plate behind the wheel with a little heat would work better than what we did.
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Riley
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 5:19pm |
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Does anyone know of a good puller to remove one of these older plastic wheels? I picked up a puller kit at NAPPA, but it's not exactly what I want. I think I should have a disc to put behind the wheel to hook onto rather than just attaching the arms to the edges of the plastic wheel.
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 11:29am |
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Excellent research. I would think that with that many options for wheels from that era that they would pop up more often. You have certainly put me on a better path to find what I need. Thanks for the work.
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 10:50am |
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Nice run down, Gary. Ive also seen a handful of these, which seemed to be used more on the Ski Nautiques and larger boats in the mid-late 60's.
The 3 spoke white with the chrome overlay and fake woodgrain underneath is definitely the most common, at least on the 67-71 boats. Some Mustangs and Barracudas (especially the SS) got the woodgrain one that you have as an upgrade. All of them can be tough to find! |
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Posted: August-11-2010 at 1:48am |
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 10:45pm |
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That probably is the one with the slots in each spoke. I do not know what that era looks like then.
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 10:42pm |
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That one your looking at is it from Michigan? If so thats not a '60s wheel, it's a 70s one
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 10:32pm |
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Wayne,I hear you. I paid about that for mine on ebay
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 10:27pm |
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Thanks Gary, I found one on there but they wanted about 119.00 for it. I hate to spend that much but I may have to.
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 10:18pm |
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You'll have to keep an eye out on ebay,hard to find but they are out there.There were at least 4 different ones in the '60s
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Posted: August-10-2010 at 7:18pm |
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Does anyone have a '60's era Correct Craft steering wheel that they could part with?
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