steering wheel on a 46 hudson

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How do I get the steering wheel off a 46 hudson super six without breaking something? All I can get off so far is the horn ring but not the horn button. thanks everyone JR the new guy

Jon B

Frankly, I'm not acquainted with anything as new as 1946, but if the button is anything like my '37, you push it down and then twist (to the right or left, I forget which). Which releases it and then you lift it off, revealing the nut that holds the wheel on. Once the nut is removed you may need a wheel puller, but you may also find that a bit of penetrating oil and a good thump from the underside, will release the wheel.

Uncle Josh

One way is to have your local machinist make you a ring with the ID just larger than your steering column, and the OD just smaller than the plastic on the back side of the wheel. It has to fit up inside so you can pull on the metal. Cut it in two so you can fit it around the column and pull on it with a large 2-jaw puller with the screw in the V in the top of the shaft. You may have to tunk the top of the screw with a hammer after you get it tightened up.



In place of the ring, you may be able to use a couple of peices of steel held up inside the wheel with tape.

Unknown

Even up in the 50"s the button comes off by pushing down and turning left--next step--Just loosen the nut and get your knees and one good arm under the wheel provideing upward pressure and give the nut a few good whacks with a BRASS hamer

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jr38special wrote:

How do I get the steering wheel off a 46 hudson super six without breaking something? All I can get off so far is the horn ring but not the horn button. thanks everyone JR the new guy

Don't listen to any of those answers. Rent a puller that has a U at the bottom and a threaded shaft that goes to the top of the steering shaft, loosen nut to come flush with the shaft top and a flat piece of metal above the nut and screw it down. The U piece should have leather covers. Read your 46 manual and do like it says. 48 up has 2 threaded holes to install a puller.40 to 47 have to be pulled from under side. Don't use a hammer to beat it, bad news. Walt.

jjbubaboy

Hey Walt,

How about the removal on a 36T?

Thanks,

T Jeff

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jjbubaboy wrote:

Hey Walt,

How about the removal on a 36T?

Thanks,

T Jeff

1934 to 1947 all take the same puller. Hudson's numbers are, puller J-739 and must have the adaptor J-739-7. To do it any other way you will break the steering wheel. This tool can be rented at a tool rental place. Walt.

jjbubaboy

Thanks, Walt!

(Is this a standard type steering wheel puller?)

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jjbubaboy wrote:

Thanks, Walt!

(Is this a standard type steering wheel puller?)

It's a standard type for 34 to 47. I'll get my son in law to post a picture of the puller. I'm just learning how to use this thing. He's the expert as he does movie jobs. Walt.

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jjbubaboy wrote:

Thanks, Walt!

(Is this a standard type steering wheel puller?)

If you e-mail me I'll send you a picture of the puller. Haven't got to post pictures on this site yet. hetwaltmordenti@aol.com Drop het.

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walt's garage-53 wrote:

Don't listen to any of those answers. Rent a puller that has a U at the bottom and a threaded shaft that goes to the top of the steering shaft, loosen nut to come flush with the shaft top and a flat piece of metal above the nut and screw it down. The U piece should have leather covers. Read your 46 manual and do like it says. 48 up has 2 threaded holes to install a puller.40 to 47 have to be pulled from under side. Don't use a hammer to beat it, bad news. Walt.

Walt my experience with stepdowns steering wheel removal must be different from yours. I have never found any 48-early 50 steering wheels with threaded screw holes for wheel puller application. In late 1950 Hudson started putting in threaded holes for pullers but prior to this I don't recall ever seeing any that had threaded holes. Starting in 1952 Hudson then started to put two recessed cutouts on the clear plastic insulator ring to make it even easier for puller bolt installation and wheel removal.

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Hudzilla wrote:

Walt my experience with stepdowns steering wheel removal must be different from yours. I have never found any 48-early 50 steering wheels with threaded screw holes for wheel puller application. In late 1950 Hudson started putting in threaded holes for pullers but prior to this I don't recall ever seeing any that had threaded holes. Starting in 1952 Hudson then started to put two recessed cutouts on the clear plastic insulator ring to make it even easier for puller bolt installation and wheel removal.

Sorry about the mistake, you are right, 48 to 50 uses the same puller as the 34 on up. Old age must be catching up with me. 51 to 54 use the 2 bolt puller and the 55 to 57 used the Nash puller that screwed into the wheel and screwed down against the main column tube. Never try to hammer any wheel off as that will ruin the bearings inside the steering box. That is a warning in all Hudson repair manuals. Walt.