steering wheel removal

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Jazgeek

steering wheel removal

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I want to remove my steering wheel to strip and paint so I went and grabbed my metric allen key set to remove the steering wheel's 6 screws. Great. but then I find that some of those little screws are stripped.

what is the best method of removing those screws if the allen head is partially rounded out?
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manoa matt
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Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider 1800
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Re: steering wheel removal

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Get a dremel with a grinding wheel or diamond wheel and cut a slot (be very carefull not to cut/nick the surrounding steering wheel) and remove with a slotted screwdriver, or just buy one of those screw extractors which would probably be easier and less damaging.
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