Whats my sports steering wheel missing

[felix_666]

Below is a picture of my wheel, it has a hub but no surrounding plastic or circular black disc that sits between the bolts and silver arms. I haven't seen a proper one of these so I'm not sure of the order of things.

Inside the hub there is a horn wire leading to the bottom of the hub, but then it's flat on the other side of the hub, is this right, if so how does it work?

Could someone please post a picture of the item I'm missing.

Also the horn is sticky, it half jams every time its pressed, whats the go? I opened it up and it all seem well but again i don't know whats meant to be in there apart from a spring.

cheers

part im missing

[c.d.iesel]

yup , you know what your missing - the black

trim pieces - nice wheel

you'll probably have to buy another complete wheel to gain the bits.

you might gain some from MOMO steering parts source.

[BLUNT]

i have the same wheel for my M2 and i got it in basically the same condition. i retapped a momo hub and unless you put it next to an original sport wheel youd never know.

[Harv]

Just a thought, You could bring it to a machine shop and have them make the missing pieces if you just have to have that one in your car.

John

[Delia]

Below is a picture of my wheel, it has a hub but no surrounding plastic or circular black disc that sits between the bolts and silver arms. I haven't seen a proper one of these so I'm not sure of the order of things.

Inside the hub there is a horn wire leading to the bottom of the hub, but then it's flat on the other side of the hub, is this right, if so how does it work?

Could someone please post a picture of the item I'm missing.

Also the horn is sticky, it half jams every time its pressed, whats the go? I opened it up and it all seem well but again i don't know whats meant to be in there apart from a spring.

cheers

part im missing

I have one of these wheels on my '73tii and have also seen/owned others.

If I understand your post correctly, you are missing the flat, round steel retaining ring that holds the steering wheel spokes to the hub.

This can be fab'ed from flat stock, drilled to match the hub and painted semi-gloss black. The center bore is like a Momo horn push -- about 2" or maybe a RCH more. The outside diameter can be determined from the "ghosting" on the spokes. The flat stock needs to be thick enough to accommodate a slightly countersunk panhead or flat head machine screw. I used the stainless steel philips head variety, but you can use an allen head cap screw if desired (like Momo).

The horn push is attached to a wire, spring and carbon pin (still available from M/T, ask Bill Williams @ Max). The carbon pin pokes through the hub and touches the stock 2002 contact ring on the steering column.

RE: the plastic hub shroud: If you don't have the correct one (BTW, there's more than one size, one for the 6-cyl. CS coupes and one for the 2002,) go to your local NAPA store and buy an axle boot for a front-wheel drive Taurus or other POS, and trim it to fit over the hub. Also consider just painting the hub with semi-gloss black or black wrinkle finish.

Delia

[felix_666]

thanks for the help everyone.

I figured i would get the disc part machined up, and i can roughly gather the diameter of the original one, but not sure about the thickness, could some one be kind enough to measure that sucker.

In terms of the hub encasing, i'm a bit of a perfectionist so i think i'll have to try and find one or get one made up, again i need dimensions for this to be made up, i have a 35cm wheel if someone would be willing to measure that up it would be great.

And how does the plastic case attach to the wheel??

Delia: So this carbon pin must have sheared off on mine and im assuming you can tap the rest out?

thanks again everyone.

[Delia]

thanks for the help everyone.

I figured i would get the disc part machined up, and i can roughly gather the diameter of the original one, but not sure about the thickness, could some one be kind enough to measure that sucker.

In terms of the hub encasing, i'm a bit of a perfectionist so i think i'll have to try and find one or get one made up, again i need dimensions for this to be made up, i have a 35cm wheel if someone would be willing to measure that up it would be great.

And how does the plastic case attach to the wheel??

Delia: So this carbon pin must have sheared off on mine and im assuming you can tap the rest out?

thanks again everyone.

"Sheared off" is not likely, but a bodged attempt at repair might answer your question. Get the new part, then see how simple (and effectively) it works.

Delia

[clc]

The center bore is like a Momo horn push -- about 2" or maybe a RCH more.

that gave me a good laugh, glad to see its used universally between sexes.

[Delia]

The center bore is like a Momo horn push -- about 2" or maybe a RCH more.

that gave me a good laugh, glad to see its used universally between sexes.

It was only used among the "car guys" I used to race/rally with in Michigan until their offspring (including the girls) went off to College, became engineers, then came back and terrorized us all with their new technical language and skills mixed in with their father's smart-assed vocabulary.

There's a saying that goes like this: "You know your getting old when your friends kids start looking good to you."

cheers!

Delia