I finished up a 10k brake checkup last night but with the pouring down rain I thought that I’d wait till morning to take her out for a test drive. The temps are well up in to the 90’s this morning and the humidity feels like we’re in southern Florida today, one of those bad hair days, you know. Well as soon as I climbed into the cab I knew it was gonna be a sticky one, by that I mean that my hands were literally sticking to the Steering Wheel.
The original paint has worn off about 76% of the wheel exposing the black composite. I know this condition is about as common as a McDonalds restaurant so I’m sure a lot of you have or have had the same experience. I got caught in the rain a few weeks and when I grabbed hold of the wheel with wet hands, the black comes off like wet paint.
My guess is that the composite probably contained some clay; this was in common use as filler in years past. As long as the paint held up it kept it from bleeding all over your hands.
And yes painting the wheel is somewhere on the bucket list.
Any one have similar encounters with there steering wheels and the “Black Death”??
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny G
Sandwich, IL