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EH! · 09 Apr 2007, 11:49 am

hey guys just starting to work on my truck and i got a couple free steering wheels from my work and i wanted to take the old stock one off ...
it's a GMC 1981 long box with the up and down steering wheel(you can movie it up and down)
i know it seems easy for you guys but this rivet wont come out and i'm sure one of you has a easy way...
thanks for all your help i'll probably come back for more help once i start the body/engine/interior work.

Marek · 10 Apr 2007, 09:23 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by EH!

hey guys just starting to work on my truck and i got a couple free steering wheels from my work and i wanted to take the old stock one off ...
it's a GMC 1981 long box with the up and down steering wheel(you can movie it up and down)
i know it seems easy for you guys but this rivet wont come out and i'm sure one of you has a easy way...
thanks for all your help i'll probably come back for more help once i start the body/engine/interior work.

one great trick for rivets is taking a drill bit a tiny bit larger than the rivet hole and drilling it through, it'll become so thin you'll be able to easily pull em out with long nose pliars or a vice grip, you can always get a little bit leverage with a flathead screwdriver

97talon · 10 Apr 2007, 09:51 am

Yeah, that works pretty well.

Another trick is to use a paint scraper and get it under the lip of the rivet and hit it with a hammer. That will pop the top right off.

EH! · 10 Apr 2007, 02:57 pm

kk
thanks

Traction Issuez · 10 Apr 2007, 04:28 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by EH!

hey guys just starting to work on my truck and i got a couple free steering wheels from my work and i wanted to take the old stock one off ...
it's a GMC 1981 long box with the up and down steering wheel(you can movie it up and down)
i know it seems easy for you guys but this rivet wont come out and i'm sure one of you has a easy way...
thanks for all your help i'll probably come back for more help once i start the body/engine/interior work.

wait and answer one question, what rivets are you talking about?

EH! · 10 Apr 2007, 05:35 pm

the rivet in the STEERING WHEEL it's holding it in .... having troubles getting it out

Traction Issuez · 11 Apr 2007, 05:50 am

um i have never had to remove revits when taking off a steering wheel, and i have removed a few in my time. it's just the big main nut in the center and a puller or a hammer if you don't care much.

please explain better.

97talon · 11 Apr 2007, 05:52 am

Better yet get pics.

BlairKunt · 11 Apr 2007, 05:54 am

You need a puller Rico? Slack.

Yeah post pics of what your talking about.

Traction Issuez · 11 Apr 2007, 05:55 am

well when it has been one for more years then you have been alive a puller works well.

BlairKunt · 11 Apr 2007, 05:57 am

Yeah i guess if it has been on that long use a puller.

EH! · 11 Apr 2007, 04:56 pm

Attachment 2248
the big knob thats been hacked at is the rivet

Traction Issuez · 11 Apr 2007, 05:15 pm

the main nut is gone, all you need is a puller, rivets have nothing to do with it being stuck on.

EH! · 11 Apr 2007, 05:22 pm

so i just have to reef on it then?

Traction Issuez · 11 Apr 2007, 05:23 pm

yes, beat it with a hammer if you don't care abput the old wheel, hit form one side to the next, but you might still need a puller if it is on that bad.

09 Apr 2007, 11:49 am	#1 (permalink)
EH! Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Drunkin Duncan Posts: 1,344 EH!'s Gallery	Rivet in Steering wheel.. hey guys just starting to work on my truck and i got a couple free steering wheels from my work and i wanted to take the old stock one off ... it's a GMC 1981 long box with the up and down steering wheel(you can movie it up and down) i know it seems easy for you guys but this rivet wont come out and i'm sure one of you has a easy way... thanks for all your help i'll probably come back for more help once i start the body/engine/interior work. __________________ 1988 chevy pickup SCREEMIN SEAMEN 2002 Yamaha YZF 426

10 Apr 2007, 02:57 pm	#4 (permalink)
EH! Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Drunkin Duncan Posts: 1,344 EH!'s Gallery	kk thanks __________________ 1988 chevy pickup SCREEMIN SEAMEN 2002 Yamaha YZF 426

10 Apr 2007, 05:35 pm	#6 (permalink)
EH! Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Drunkin Duncan Posts: 1,344 EH!'s Gallery	the rivet in the STEERING WHEEL it's holding it in .... having troubles getting it out __________________ 1988 chevy pickup SCREEMIN SEAMEN 2002 Yamaha YZF 426

11 Apr 2007, 05:50 am	#7 (permalink)
Traction Issuez LuCiFeR Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hanging eddy wu from a tree and beating him Posts: 13,498 Traction Issuez's Gallery	um i have never had to remove revits when taking off a steering wheel, and i have removed a few in my time. it's just the big main nut in the center and a puller or a hammer if you don't care much. please explain better. __________________ 1st MEMBER OF THE KEEP IT TO THE STREETS FOUNDATION. *RICO BRICKINGTON*

11 Apr 2007, 05:55 am	#10 (permalink)
Traction Issuez LuCiFeR Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hanging eddy wu from a tree and beating him Posts: 13,498 Traction Issuez's Gallery	well when it has been one for more years then you have been alive a puller works well. __________________ 1st MEMBER OF THE KEEP IT TO THE STREETS FOUNDATION. *RICO BRICKINGTON*

10 Apr 2007, 09:51 am	#3 (permalink)
97talon VIPER>ZR1 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 20,696 97talon's Gallery	Yeah, that works pretty well. Another trick is to use a paint scraper and get it under the lip of the rivet and hit it with a hammer. That will pop the top right off.

11 Apr 2007, 05:52 am	#8 (permalink)
97talon VIPER>ZR1 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 20,696 97talon's Gallery	Better yet get pics.

11 Apr 2007, 04:56 pm	#12 (permalink)
EH! Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Drunkin Duncan Posts: 1,344 EH!'s Gallery	Attachment 2248 the big knob thats been hacked at is the rivet __________________ 1988 chevy pickup SCREEMIN SEAMEN 2002 Yamaha YZF 426 Last edited by EH!; 13 Jun 2009 at 04:45 pm.

11 Apr 2007, 05:15 pm	#13 (permalink)
Traction Issuez LuCiFeR Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hanging eddy wu from a tree and beating him Posts: 13,498 Traction Issuez's Gallery	the main nut is gone, all you need is a puller, rivets have nothing to do with it being stuck on. __________________ 1st MEMBER OF THE KEEP IT TO THE STREETS FOUNDATION. *RICO BRICKINGTON*

11 Apr 2007, 05:22 pm	#14 (permalink)
EH! Senior Tremekian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Drunkin Duncan Posts: 1,344 EH!'s Gallery	so i just have to reef on it then? __________________ 1988 chevy pickup SCREEMIN SEAMEN 2002 Yamaha YZF 426

11 Apr 2007, 05:23 pm	#15 (permalink)
Traction Issuez LuCiFeR Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: hanging eddy wu from a tree and beating him Posts: 13,498 Traction Issuez's Gallery	yes, beat it with a hammer if you don't care abput the old wheel, hit form one side to the next, but you might still need a puller if it is on that bad. __________________ 1st MEMBER OF THE KEEP IT TO THE STREETS FOUNDATION. *RICO BRICKINGTON*

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