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Expert: - 8/13/2010


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How do you remove the steering wheel from a 1938 Ford pickup?

Answer
Do you have the headlight switch as a ring outside the horn button? If so you need to go to the bottom of the steering column and disconnect the headlight switch from the bottom of the steering box. Then there is  long shaft that runs down through the column that rotates the switch for the lights, and than tube will need to be removed. It comes out fro the top side and once removed gives access to the nut that hold the steering wheel to the steering shaft. You will probably need a steering wheel puller to pop the wheel free.

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Brad Sears

Expertise

All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

Experience

Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

Publications
Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

Education/Credentials
More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

Awards and Honors
Moto Award winner. And much more.

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