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andrewh Officially Full-On Dubber

284 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#231831
Can anyone tell me what size the steering wheel nut is on a 74 standard bug? My workshop manual says it's 36 but it's wrong.

Also anyone know what sort of puller I should get to remove the wheel? Will any sort of general purpose puller fit? It's an aftermarket boss by the way, not the standard wheel. I don't fancy trying to hammer it off, it was a pretty tight fit when I got it put on.

Cheers

Andrew

andrewh Officially Full-On Dubber

284 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#231836
27mm. After much searching I found it right under my nose.

EDIT: No it's not. The site I got the information from is wrong. 27mm is too big.

[Edited on 12-9-2004 by andrewh]

ruckus Veteran Volks Folk

2,118 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#231845
i know the standards are 27mm probably where that info came from. Supers love to be different though don't they!

I used a ratchet with an extention to get one off. It was pretty tight but used some wd40 and let it soak...presto!

[Edited on 12-9-2004 by ruckus]

andrewh Officially Full-On Dubber

284 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#231847
Funny thing is that the site I got the info from was talking about a Super Bug. Mine's a standard and the nut is smaller. I guess I'll just have to keep returning sockets to Bunnings until I get the right size.

LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#231873
Just ask dave

andrewh Officially Full-On Dubber

284 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#231888
Ordinarily Pete, a good idea but the reason I was taking the wheel off was because my indicator switch had broken and I didn't want to drive without working indicators.

Turns out it was a 24mm nut. Got it right on only my second go.

[Edited on 12-9-2004 by andrewh]