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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 243 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 243 | i have small hair line cracks in my steering wheel in my 51 chevy truck are they worth fixing? or replace the wheel? if so whats the best way to fix these fine cracks? | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | I have read that grinding out the cracks into a V and using body filler is a good way to repair wheels. I haven't done it yet but will soon on a cracked 57' BelAir wheel. I see no reason why this would not work. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 | Eastwood carries some products and kits to repair steering wheels, may wanna check that route. Mike | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | dbone,
I re-did a steering wheel that had MAJOR cracks for my 49 GMC 1/2T. It looks fine now. I used one of the two-part repair putties. They are fairly expensive, and the one I used had a long cure time. I think I might have got just as good a job much cheaper and faster with plain epoxy body filler.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 | I used the steering wheel repair kit available thru the catalogs... it's basically a two-part epoxy like Retread said. Worked fine. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 |
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I did mine with the Por 15 kit, works well. Take your time to get the best results. I kind of rushed mine and have a few cracks were the putty didn't bond well at the edges. Not the products fault, but my own.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 21 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 21 | I used J-B Weld. I love the stuff. It stiffens slow so you can work with it, and dries overnight so you can sand it. The only mistake I made was not doing ALL the cracks, I only did the big cracks and chips. After I painted the wheel with Black Rust-O'lium Applicance Epoxy, I could see even the smallest cracks. Take your time and get ALL the defects out before you paint. Since you see/hold the wheel all the time, you'll be glad you spent the extra effort.  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 47 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 47 | I did some large cracks in my steering wheel 16 years ago with stuff from eastman, filed the cracks to a "V" and it worked well and is only showing hairline cracks after all this time.
i love my dog's 1965 suburban.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 38 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 38 | I did my friends '68 Camaro steering wheel using Eastmans PC7 two part epoxy system. I took an old coarse file and broke it into about 3" long pieces, (Easier to handle), and cut the cracks into "Vs" then filled the cracks about 3/4" wider than the crack and slightly larger in diameter than the wheel grip. After the PC7 cured I first filed the epoxy down the switched to sandpaper and finished with a 400 grit paper.
After being painted gloss black, it looked like brand new.
I do remember wondering why I couldn't use JB Weld instead as is seemed to have the same consistancy and performance.
Rezman
Snapoff brand tools .................................. 1948 Chevy 6400 1949 Chevy 4400 (parts truck)
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | And while we'er all here, what was the appropriate color and sheen on a 1950 steering wheel?
Is the wheel made of hard rubber or plastic? If plastic, which one, cast epoxy resin, injection molded poly-something?
Denny Graham
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