SDCoronet
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Have any of you repaired your cracked steering wheel? If so can you share the details of what you did and how it came out?
What would one expect to pay for getting a wheel done.
X3, I restored the steering wheel on my 63 this way. Just don't rush the process. This will give you an idea.PC-7 is good just grind the cracks down to the steel and fill them. Sand and paint
Hello BeepBeepRR - pulling up an olden thread a fellow member had linked me to as I posted few days ago asking for any tips from folks having restoed steering wheels. I came across a product called Plasti-Fix I watched on a tube clip that looked interesting. I see some suggested PC7, but some also indicated it hasn't held up over a few years. You mentioned using POR15 epoxy...could I ask how this has held up since your resto? The wheel you posted looks similar to the one I'm getting from a guy on ebay...needs 'work'. Thanks!repaired mine with por15 epoxy putty and several hours with a dremel and sanding.
Its not pperfect but hella better than when I started.
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Since the car sits outside most of the time. The por15 has settled a little. It still has not cracked but its a little lower than it was. I think it just shrunk in the heat. Its not terribly noticable unless you are looking for it. I guess it could be done again just to fill the low spots. But yea for the most part its solid.Hello BeepBeepRR - pulling up an olden thread a fellow member had linked me to as I posted few days ago asking for any tips from folks having restoed steering wheels. I came across a product called Plasti-Fix I watched on a tube clip that looked interesting. I see some suggested PC7, but some also indicated it hasn't held up over a few years. You mentioned using POR15 epoxy...could I ask how this has held up since your resto? The wheel you posted looks similar to the one I'm getting from a guy on ebay...needs 'work'. Thanks!
Appreciate you letting me know. As I’ve pondered on this, lol, I’m dreaming the eventual cracking isn’t going to happen – expansion & contraction despite my old ride in a heated garage. Ancient plastic is gonna crack. Part of my asking was what guys have used and how it is to work with. The stuff you mentioned sounds good as I’ve hunted down all the various products that can be used.Since the car sits outside most of the time. The por15 has settled a little. It still has not cracked but its a little lower than it was. I think it just shrunk in the heat. Its not terribly noticable unless you are looking for it. I guess it could be done again just to fill the low spots. But yea for the most part its solid.
THANKS again for taking your time on this; super helpful! The wheel I got has similar serious deterioration including around the center. It's on my to-do list to try to restore and hope I can snag the same success you had!I watched a video of a guy doing it and decided to give it a try. He does it for other people and it looked fantastic when he was done. It's not anything you would notice glancing at the roadrunner. You would definitely have to be looking for the issue. If you have a badly cracked wheel I would say give it a shot. Some of the cracks in the roadrunner wheel were so large that it took quite a bit of figuring on how to make the finger grooves and the chunk that was out of the center of the wheel. But I got it figured out. I took a paint can cap and sliced the very top of it off then cut it in half to give me a half round shape. Taped that to the wheel and filled in with the putty. HERE is the link to the stuff I used.
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