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| | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 | What are the best options for swapping out a smaller steering wheel in a stock 53 3100? I would like the cab to look as stock as possible. Is it possible to modify a 54 steering wheel to use with the 53 steering shaft?
DAve | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | I have seen a custom AD truck with a smaller diameter stock steering wheel. AFAIK someone is making them now,not sure who but if I find out i'll let you know. I've no doubt it will be expensive.....! 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | '53 and '54 use the same diameter steering wheel, 18". The steering wheels mounting is the same at least from '47-'93, possibly later (I haven't taken too many airbag style steering wheels off).
Are you planning on installing power steering? A smaller steering wheel will increase steering effort.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,301 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,301 | I second the opinion on the increased steering effort of a smaller steering wheel. I would be looking for a larger than stock wheel myself if my belly wasn't so big. Maybe I need to work on my big-assed belly.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Wait a minute...are you saying you have a big [censored] and A BIG BELLY? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 |
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,301 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,301 | I think I shared way too much personal information.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 | Thanks for your ideas. I need to get a tape and measure some of these steering wheels. I may be more comfortable if I can reduce the thickness of the seat back so I can sit further back an inch or so. Steering effort on my truck is very light--I'll find a 54 steering wheel and compare the diameter with mine.
Dave | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 32 | Why didn't they build them that way to begin with??? Beautiful truck...even if it does look like a 56 Ford.
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