Cracked Steering Wheels: Marine Devises New Tool Solution

The Marine Corps has actively pursued and awarded the most innovative ideas for years now, encouraging Marines and Sailors of all units and job fields to identify ways to mitigate problems and streamline processes to improve their working environments. Dozens of creative ideas have evolved and are now implemented on the ground to help make the job easier for those service members who face obstacles and challenges in their work centers each day. For motor transport mechanics, an innovative steering wheel remover device is now available to prevent hundreds of tactical vehicles from being deadlined.

Last year alone, Marine Corps units submitted 136 requests to replace steering wheels and steering wheel columns that were cracked or broken, rendering