How do you change steering wheels?

[YGspider]

I want to change my steering wheel from the cutlass supreme style wheel to a 442 style wheel what do you need and how is it done?

 

[RITTER]

You will need to rent a steering wheel puller :idea:

The instructions on the puller will pretty much explain everything. It's a fairly simply process.

 

[littlerascle59]

You'll need a lock plate removing tool, snap ring pliers or small screwdriver, big adjustment wrench and a steering wheel puller.
Take your horn cap off, remover the horn contact wire, unscrew the big nut, use the lock plate tool and pop out the snap ring, remove the lock plate, use the steering wheel puller an pull the steering wheel off. That's it in a basic nutshell.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

You'll need a lock plate removing tool, snap ring pliers or small screwdriver, big adjustment wrench and a steering wheel puller.
Take your horn cap off, remover the horn contact wire, unscrew the big nut, use the lock plate tool and pop out the snap ring, remove the lock plate, use the steering wheel puller an pull the steering wheel off. That's it in a basic nutshell.

You dont have to do any of that to just change the steering wheel. Just unplug the horn, get a steering wheel puller and go at it.

 

[pontiacgp]

You'll need a lock plate removing tool, snap ring pliers or small screwdriver, big adjustment wrench and a steering wheel puller.
Take your horn cap off, remover the horn contact wire, unscrew the big nut, use the lock plate tool and pop out the snap ring, remove the lock plate, use the steering wheel puller an pull the steering wheel off. That's it in a basic nutshell.

if you get to the lock plate before you get to the wheel you started at the wrong end..

 

[tc1959]

You'll need a lock plate removing tool, snap ring pliers or small screwdriver, big adjustment wrench and a steering wheel puller.
Take your horn cap off, remover the horn contact wire, unscrew the big nut, use the lock plate tool and pop out the snap ring, remove the lock plate, use the steering wheel puller an pull the steering wheel off. That's it in a basic nutshell.

if you get to the lock plate before you get to the wheel you started at the wrong end..

 

[Wildmani]

I want to change my steering wheel from the cutlass supreme style wheel to a 442 style wheel what do you need and how is it done?

Where in Ontario are you? I have a steering wheel puller and am off this week, if you're not too far I could give you a hand. Doesn't take long and as has been said, there isn't much to it.

 

[YGspider]

I want to change my steering wheel from the cutlass supreme style wheel to a 442 style wheel what do you need and how is it done?

Where in Ontario are you? I have a steering wheel puller and am off this week, if you're not too far I could give you a hand. Doesn't take long and as has been said, there isn't much to it.

Im in Oshawa but i havnt gotten the wheel yet I just wanted to know weather or not it would be worth fixing something that isnt broken. i found a wheel that came out of a 1987 olds tornado and it looks like the 442 wheel. is there anyway to paint these the stockish tan colour like leather paint?

 

[Wildmani]

Oshawa is a couple of hours away for me unfortunately. There are a couple of good threads on interior paints/dyes in the "electrical/interior" section that I've been following closely. The results some of the guys have had are amazing and I plan on doing some of my interior stuff this winter. I'm kind of shying away from doing the steering wheel though, I have a feeling it might wear off with the constant handling of it, although I could be wrong. My steering wheel is light blue and I've been scouring the wrecking yards for a dark blue one to avoid painting it. I'm pretty sure I saw a post where someone had done their wheel but I don't think it was leather.

 

[DeltaDevil88]

You'll need a lock plate removing tool, snap ring pliers or small screwdriver, big adjustment wrench and a steering wheel puller.
Take your horn cap off, remover the horn contact wire, unscrew the big nut, use the lock plate tool and pop out the snap ring, remove the lock plate, use the steering wheel puller an pull the steering wheel off. That's it in a basic nutshell.

if you get to the lock plate before you get to the wheel you started at the wrong end..

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Ever thought about a aftermarket steering wheel? Grants are pretty nice.