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What's up everybody, it's Technicians Tuesday
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Or well, this week is going to be a little bit different than normal
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Sadly while I was making this week's video, my hard drive crashed and I wasn't able to
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finish the video. So instead of a normal Tuesday, we'll be going over something that I have gotten a lot of
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questions about. Which is what is the best way to get the steering wheel off of the helm without destroying the
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threads and damaging the helm
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If you have ever had to change out a steering wheel or a helm, then you know how hard these
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wheels can be to get off. Over the years of being clung to by all of us who drive our boats in the pocket saying
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trim down for what, the wheels tend to get frozen onto the helm and they can be a pain
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to remove. So this here is the best way to get them off without having expensive pullers or tools
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The first thing you want to do, depending on what kind of wheel you have, is to remove
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this cap in order to get to the nut. You are going to find a little flat head or an allen bolt that is holding the cap in
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These also can get frozen in place, so if it is, you can simply go to the opposite side
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from the bolt and pry the cap out if it is a plastic one like this
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Then you want to remove the nut and if there is a washer behind it, remove that
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Then place the nut back onto the helm so that it is sticking out just past the threads
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Now this is the key to this entire process. With that nut protecting the threads of the helm, you want to take one leg and place it
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underneath the steering wheel and then using your arm on the other side of the wheel, put
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as much pressure against the wheel going out as you can. Then simply hit the nut with a hammer and the wheel is going to pop right off the helm
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against the nut. Now just remove the nut and pull the wheel off
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Simple as that. I've had a lot of people ask me how to do this without destroying the threads on the
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helm and that's the trick. Which is going to be all for this week's Technicians Tuesday
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Sorry for being such a short video, but next week we will be back into the normal uploads
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and hopefully we can recover all of the data from this hard drive. Thanks for hanging out with us and if you found this to be informative, give us a thumbs up
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And if you came across this video to get your steering wheel off, check out some of our
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other videos, which are all about helpful boating tricks and service tips
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Get subscribed to the channel and if you would like to ask us a question, drop a comment
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below or visit us at bornagainboating.com. Now enjoy your Tuesday night and we'll see you next week
