Hello everyone! I havent posted in a long while. Projects got put on hold for a while.
I have a question about steering wheel swapping. My wife was looking on the LMC truck website and saw different wheels thinking they are just different styles. She wants a flat wheel instead of the original one that is cracked anyway and has a setback. She is wanting a bit more room between the seat and wheel. We have a 1959 Apache 3100 1/2 ton with an original 3 on the tree column. Are the splines the same? Will the slightly older models fit? The research I did, came up with is they shortened the shaft by about three inches to try and prevent drivers from getting hurt in a collision. So they designed a setback steering wheel to compensate to move the wheel back closer to where it was.
I have the steering wheel off and the top of the column apart to repair the horn button and turn signals back to original. The P.O. replaced the entire truck wiring harness and bypassed the column and installed the aftermarket switch banded to the outside of the column.
I can fill in the cracks of the orig. with epoxy alright and repaint it, but my Queen has requested if its possibe and it is her truck.
Thanks
RK
