Craftsman YT 4500 917.98858 Steering wheen replacement...

[arcticbuc]

Hello all new to forum and a question about replacing my steering wheel.

Last year I bought a Craftsman YT 4500 lawn tractor from Sears in Bristol, VA. I've put over 80 hrs. on it with just routine maintenance but earlier this week the plastic steering wheel just literally came apart.

No problem I bought a new steering wheel but for the life of me the bolt that holds whats left of steering wheel will not budge! I'm not a small youngin' I'm a fairly good sized fella and this bolt will not budge. I'm starting to believe whomever put the blasted thing on did so with an impact wrench.

Is there something I'm missing? Surely this shouldn't be that difficult of a job to do?

Any help would be certainly appreciated. :smile:

 

[cdestuck]

spray it with some penetrant, tap it with a hammer a few times. Spray some more and then put a box wrench on it with a cheater bar and show it whos boss.

 

[arcticbuc]

spray it with some penetrant, tap it with a hammer a few times. Spray some more and then put a box wrench on it with a cheater bar and show it whos boss.

Thanx for the reply. :smile:

I had already tried that with no luck.

Finally I tried an old trick I learned while working in Arizona some years ago. I put a zip lock bag full of ice right on top of the bolt and nut. I waited a ｽ hour then put my box wrench on it and it came right off. I never ever thought I would have to do that with a simple nut and bolt but as I wrote earlier that thing was on there real good.