Steering wheel removal

[wlewis]

Even with the nut driver and a big wrench, the nut was a bear to remove. Would have been tough with a crescent wrench.

 

[family affair]

Here’s what I found to remove the nut. Once it was off, the wheel came right off without a wheel puller.

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I'd love to believe Delrin can handle the torque required to remove that nut. It worked in your case, but my luck rarely follows convention.

 

[Fishtales]

Good point but the Delrin part was $10. Worth a shot.

 

[wlewis]

It’s pretty tough material. Now that I got the nut off, I can’t even remove my wrench from the Delrin socket. I used a metric size wrench and it fit perfectly. Maybe too well. Thought I’d leave it till I re-install and then wrestle with separating the wrench and Delrin socket.

 

[Fishtales]

LOL, nothing is ever easy with boats....