One step closer to completion! I ended up going with the assault steering wheel. Just an FYI.... anyone looking to upgrade their steering wheel, you will need to get a special puller of some sort. There is a video on YouTube of a guy backing the main 24mm nut off and just giving it a good pull. This was on a can am X3, not sure what year it is. Anyway... this guy either has hulk strength, or they didn’t put locktite on his model because I was pulling on this thing after soaking it for a night in penetrating oil and no such luck.
The “special puller” I was asking about in the previous post won’t fit because our wheels don’t have the female nuts embedded in them like other brands/models have. I’ll include a picture of this tool in the bottom just so you know what NOT to get.
After purchasing a bearing puller and separator kit off amazon, it came right off this morning. I checked my local auto parts stores to see if they had any to rent and I struck out. New tool added to the garage. Thanks amazon.
I had to stack both pullers behind the wheel to get the proper clearance around the center plastic on the wheel. Smaller one to get the proper diameter to snug up to the back of the wheel, larger one to clear the steering wheel. Start cranking down and a big POP! Off she went. Can am definitely uses some thread locker on the splines of these wheels. No way to pull it off yourself. Just wanted to give a quick write up of how I went about it in case anyone is looking to swap out the wheel.
I only have one more hurdle to climb, assault wasn’t able to verify fitment of their hub adapter to the 2020 model. He thinks they are the same spline and shaft dimension as earlier models. I’ll know on Tuesday when everything shows up and update this thread. Fingers crossed, because this could kill the whole project.
for now, here is a picture of the wheel I decided to go with. As well as a picture of the puller kit I used.
Happy Sunday!!
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