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Steering wheel repair
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 11:59 am
by steven
What have you guys filled the cracks with on your wheels? Epoxy? Also, what do you paint them with? And what type of prep do you need? Thanks
Re: Steering wheel repair
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:19 pm
by Hobcobble
steven wrote:What have you guys filled the cracks with on your wheels? Epoxy? Also, what do you paint them with? And what type of prep do you need? Thanks
Prep??..... Beer!
John
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:41 pm
by nfury8
I have heard of using various epoxies, also JB Weld.
Re: Steering wheel repair
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:49 pm
by steven
Hobcobble wrote:
Prep??..... Beer!
John
No no John, 7 more months till it is legal.
Thanks nfury, I think Im going to try what I have left of some JB weld. Worst case is I have to sand it all back down.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:54 pm
by 73_Adventurer_Sport
I've repaired a couple of wheels with JB Weld and it's held up very well. One just started hairline cracking after 3 years.
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:51 pm
by nfury8
Almost forgot, the guy that told me about JB Weld used to do a lot of resto work. He mentioned the critical part was carving out the cracks to good clean plastic and making a nice V shape out of the crack. This let the JB really grab on.
Let us know how it goes! I have an old wheel here I have been meaning to try for about a year now.
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:54 pm
by kman1226
Mopar Muscle did a article on repairing the steering wheel. I will see if I can locate it for ya.
Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:42 am
by Panelbeater02
Try
stwheels@shaw.ca He fixes them for a living. He is called the steering wheel guy, out of Canada. I don't know how pricey he is.
Eastwood.com sells kits to repair also
Panelbeater
Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 2:05 pm
by wide65
I have a book at home on it.. I will try to get a few pages up here!!