TekHousE
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I picked up a replica steering wheel from Yearone. A couple of things to note on it.
1- The finish is a more rubbery or softer feel than the original wheel. Obviously this is due to the plastic they use to coat the metal.
2- The left/right signal cancellor (does it have a special name?) Is wrong!
The metal heavy gauge wire or rod that is bent around the rear of the wheels spindle, sticks out to far! Once correctly fitted to the steering column, this means the metal cancellor arm ALSO contacts the horn actuator. The small spring loaded one.
This is highly embarrassing with the horn tooting every time you turn the wheel far enough!
This rod is very heavy duty, and I suppose with the right tools you could bend it closer to the center of the wheel and then it would clear the horn actuator. But I did not have any such tool.
So what I did was dremel about one third of the OUTER (meaning towards the RIM side of the wheel) part of this rod. Just enough to clear that horn. It took a few goes as I did not want to remove too much. Once it was OK, I removed it one last time, and cleaned up the dremel areas. So it is smooth with no burrs etc.
Just wanted to post this for anyone else that has the same problem.
Sorry for no pics, I did this last night in the driveway and just wanted to get the bloody wheel on!
I picked up a replica steering wheel from Yearone. A couple of things to note on it.
1- The finish is a more rubbery or softer feel than the original wheel. Obviously this is due to the plastic they use to coat the metal.
2- The left/right signal cancellor (does it have a special name?) Is wrong!
The metal heavy gauge wire or rod that is bent around the rear of the wheels spindle, sticks out to far! Once correctly fitted to the steering column, this means the metal cancellor arm ALSO contacts the horn actuator. The small spring loaded one.
This is highly embarrassing with the horn tooting every time you turn the wheel far enough!
This rod is very heavy duty, and I suppose with the right tools you could bend it closer to the center of the wheel and then it would clear the horn actuator. But I did not have any such tool.
So what I did was dremel about one third of the OUTER (meaning towards the RIM side of the wheel) part of this rod. Just enough to clear that horn. It took a few goes as I did not want to remove too much. Once it was OK, I removed it one last time, and cleaned up the dremel areas. So it is smooth with no burrs etc.
Just wanted to post this for anyone else that has the same problem.
Sorry for no pics, I did this last night in the driveway and just wanted to get the bloody wheel on!