Steering Wheel Removal

[Rudi]

YUM! YUM! Possum, the other.........................................................meat!

Flat and dry.

Possum Jerky

[FCUBMAN]

Hi Mike, and welcome to the forum! Connecticubbers seem to be multiplying in droves these days!

RE your exhaust smell: Sometimes people forget that these tractors, along with older cars, trucks, etc., won't have the same exhaust smell as your car due of course to the total lack of emissions controls. To me, the smell of unburned pre-1970's hydrocarbons is like stepping outside the house on a spring morning. Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Yup, I love that smell, too. Every so often I get behind an older car, and get a whiff of the exhaust - and it never smells like rotten eggs, it's good old dirty exhaust - love it!

You guys are making me hungry with all this food talk...

[bobburke]

Since my old wheel was trash I simply used a sawsall to cut the mounting collar on the wheel. I only had to cut it once in line with the streering shaft to allow it to come loose. I had a saw but no puller. If your wheel is not to bad some people repair them with JB Weld so look close you may be able to sell it on Ebay or here on the site, of corse then cutting it is frowned upon.

[CT Yankee]

Thanks to all for the kind words of welcome. This is one great forum with an awesome team!

I tried everything...but the nut and wheel were pretty much seized. I took the sawsall and cut the nut and wheel down to the thread. Both popped right off...the steering wheel was shot anyways. The new one went on with no problems and it working great. Thanks to all for the advice.

Wethersfield, CT is just south of the state's capitol -Hartford- a nice place with some small farms working.

My cub appears to have the majority if not all of its original parts in pretty good condition. I have noticed several variations in pictures in regards to paint. Was the radiator cap silver or red on the original...the head lights and the steering wheel red or black? Please advise.

Mike....CT Yankee

[Bigdog]

Mike - on red tractors, virtually everything was red. except for the rear rims. From the factory, the steering wheel spokes and the lights would have been red. If the lights were a dealer-added option they could have been installed black (as they were when the dealer got them) or painted red and installed.

[Peter Person]

Mike,
As you can see by my avatar, I live in Stafford. I work in Manchester.
We should get together sometime and compare notes.
Peter

[John(videodoc)]

Welcome aboard Mike!