1953 M38A1 body removal/steering column removal

Hornsgalore · Post by **Hornsgalore** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:43 pm

All,

I am in need of the quickest way to remove my steering wheel/column to remove the body from the frame. Any info would be great. Thank you

buzzk · Post by **buzzk** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:02 pm

the body will fit over the steering wheel need about 5-6 friends and BEER lift up and over buzz

Hornsgalore · Post by **Hornsgalore** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:06 pm

How about removing the steering wheel? I have like a round looking nut that I am assuming a nut can you confirm this?

Xamon · Post by **Xamon** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:27 pm

The best thing is download the jeep manual for free from this site, it will tell you how to do it.

Post by **wesk** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:33 pm

You must pull the steering wheel. They can be stubborn and will not usually come off easily if you are in a hurry. The drill is to remove the nut, saturate with PB blaster and wait a day and wet again and wait a day and then install the correct type puller and remove the wheel.

dauntless · Post by **dauntless** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:27 am

everyone seems to think you need to pull the steering wheel and lift the body 3 ' in the air with 4 people. All you have to do is remove the floor panels, then remove the forward 2 steering box bolt's, loosen the upper rear one ( or the upper 2 bolt's and loosen the bottom one, it's been awhile since I've done it. ) and let the steering column and wheel lay on the floor of the tub and while lifting the tub move it towards the drivers side a little and fit the steering wheel through the floor pan opening. I've always done this with only two people.

Hornsgalore · Post by **Hornsgalore** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:40 am

Thanks for all the information..... Dauntless that is the way I did it..... Took me about one YouTube video and an hour to figure that out and it worked great..... Thanks again all!