PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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Literally had to cut mine off the bloody car as the steering wheel puller wouldn't grip & also the wheel was like it was welded on!
Bit shit the build quality though, is just an aluminum frame which is covered in polystyrine & then coated in shitty rubber! bloody cheap barstewards!!
Is off now though!
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LukeGSi
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Registered: 9th Dec 03
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Ive tried for hours to get mine off - hasnt happened tho!!! Where can i get a puller from....dont wana wreck to standard 1 tho incase i wana put it back on at some point!!!
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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any good motor factor should have a puller, including halfords, but I warn ya it may break the plastic base at the bottom of the wheel like it did mine first, was then I just thought ahh fek it I aint keepin it anyways so cut as much of the rubber off as pos & managed to pull it then
They really are complete bitches to remove!
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starkmotorsport
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Registered: 27th Apr 02
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Thats when you bring in the "Big Hammer" 
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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aye I did kinda smack it a bit
just lookin at a new steering rack anyways, 2.2 turn jobby, as the old one has way too much play in it!
[Edited on 03-01-2004 by PaulW]
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LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
They really are complete bitches to remove!
You're not at all wrong.....fecking thing!!!
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Born_corsa02
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Registered: 20th Dec 02
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wen i took mine off i used a really expensive puller was £150 the wheel came off first time causing no damage etc. i borrowed this from vauxhalls for nuthin as i know the parts guy but its worth gettin it done properly so u don't damage your steering
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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I like the one standard in the Sxi - don't like those old ones in merits, or whatever - the 2 brancing spokes or whatever... yuk.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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im going to be undertaking this with a wheel puller when it arrives as mine is the same as yours paul im a little worried
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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what u meen the puller wouldnt grip? it hocks in they you just turn it with a socket,
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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are you going to be using the original wheel or fittin a new one?
if your chucking the old, i'd say cut the rubber down as much as ya can to get better access otherwise it will be very hard unless you use a proper vaux tool!
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PaulW
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yeah but the rubber of the wheel was too soft so it kept slipping out no matter how i tried, it just wouldnt go
was one of the 2 spoke wheels (corsa is a LS), and its just a shit wheel!
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Colin.S
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If you cant get hold of a puller, undo the nut, give it a wiggle, then leave it over night.
When you come out in the morning you will probably find it's popped off the shaft.
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LukeGSi
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mines a GSI 1 and i really wana get it off without damaging it!! Any ideas????
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Born_corsa02
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Get vaux to do it
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Dave
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Registered: 26th Feb 01
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Pull like buggery bollocks, they come off eventually.
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LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by Born_corsa02
Get vaux to do it
Yeah then hand over a hundred million ££££'s for the priviledge.....
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kortas
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Registered: 21st May 03
Location: Stockport
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do what i did, sit in drivers seat wedge ya knees underwheel and push upwards on the wheel. then with ya hands pull like feck back and forwards on the top of the wheel. it comes off and whacks ya in the face and gives ya a nose bleed.
was better than buying a puller and took 30 mins 
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by kortas
do what i did, sit in drivers seat wedge ya knees underwheel and push upwards on the wheel. then with ya hands pull like feck back and forwards on the top of the wheel. it comes off and whacks ya in the face and gives ya a nose bleed.
was better than buying a puller and took 30 mins
I kinda had no seat to sit in though 
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