Need Steering Wheel Puller for 1968 Dodge Dart 270

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Ok....again need some help. My 49 year old 1968 Dodge Dart 100 % restored /6 now needs a TS switch. What tool do I buy to remove the SW) steering wheel). A friend lent me his harmonic balancer puller from NAPA (p/n 7769062). Its nice and pretty and several size bolts. Will this work??

The DODGE Service manual specifies tool C-3428. I don't know what this is?

Any help really appreciated plus procedure to remove steering wheel would be nice

thx guys...love my 1968 Dodge Dart SL-6. U guys are the best for help.
 
this is a C-3428
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is this what your bud gave you?
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advanced auto parts or auto zone will loan you one,pay deposit, and when you bring it back, they refund the full amount to you
 
A balancer puller is generally too large. Borrow one from the zone.
 
Faster74 said:
advanced auto parts or auto zone will loan you one,pay deposit, and when you bring it back, they refund the full amount to you
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I agree, a "steering wheel puller" is what you need
 
Late to the party. Yes, the T bar type puller is what you need.
 
i pulled my wheel of with a balancer puller. worked no problem. i did have get different bolts...2 inch long 1/4 28 bolts
 
Sometimes you don't even need a puller....put your knees behind the wheel and push up against the toe board, all while LIGHTLY tapping on the center shaft...whoosh, off it came. Ask me how I know.
 
Many many years ago, I used a borrowed flywheel puller for briggs push mower engine. A few years later I realized the same little piece of steel bar w/ 3 holes drilled through serves as a steering wheel puller also. So I made one. Older and wiser led to slotting it to a 'H' shape so its more universal. Nuts, bolts, flat washers, we got those.
Flywheel Puller Briggs 19069 19165 80000 2.5 7 | eBay
 
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65Val said:
Sometimes you don't even need a puller....put your knees behind the wheel and push up against the toe board, all while LIGHTLY tapping on the center shaft...whoosh, off it came. Ask me how I know.
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I agree this method works. Loosen the steering wheel nut, but don't completely remove it or you might hit yourself in the face with the wheel....Ouch!
 
Guy i worked for could just line himself up with column and reef on steering wheel. Good way to tear a bearing apart. I would also suggest its hard on tilt column components.

A couple different pullers in your toolbox is not a bad thing.
 
There's a previous thread where that owner yanked a portion of the steering shaft out. If sheer pins weren't already broken, he broke them.
 
Oh ya, that too. Forgot. A good measurement of your bolt spacing on steering wheel hub, and buying a balancer puller that will work will at least give you something you can use for more than one purpose.
Unlike the hub puller i bought for a 59 dodge. Was a lot of money for a one time use.
 
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