67 steering wheel
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67 steering wheel
Im having trouble with horn on all the time after tele column rebuild..
My question is I have a nice 66 steering wheel on it now and suspect it's the problem....I do have my original 67 wheel I do see the spacer at 6 o'clock on the mounting surface...is a 67 wheel the only one that will work?.....the old one is cracked in 2 places and I ill be looking for a replacement or rebuild this one.....who does this type of work?
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My question is I have a nice 66 steering wheel on it now and suspect it's the problem....I do have my original 67 wheel I do see the spacer at 6 o'clock on the mounting surface...is a 67 wheel the only one that will work?.....the old one is cracked in 2 places and I ill be looking for a replacement or rebuild this one.....who does this type of work?
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67 steering wheel
sent column off to restore...in NY....have messed around with the contact ring...it's in contact with the plunger rod all the time....dont have any Idea how to evaluate the ring that is there now....non tele or tele ring...is there a difference?....I might have to call this company....but thought I would check opinions here....any suggestions to further evaluate?
Txs Keith and Jack
Jack u getting some rain there?
Txs Keith and Jack
Jack u getting some rain there?
Im having trouble with horn on all the time after tele column rebuild..
My question is I have a nice 66 steering wheel on it now and suspect it's the problem....I do have my original 67 wheel I do see the spacer at 6 o'clock on the mounting surface...is a 67 wheel the only one that will work?.....the old one is cracked in 2 places and I ill be looking for a replacement or rebuild this one.....who does this type of work?
TX
Bluzrocker
My question is I have a nice 66 steering wheel on it now and suspect it's the problem....I do have my original 67 wheel I do see the spacer at 6 o'clock on the mounting surface...is a 67 wheel the only one that will work?.....the old one is cracked in 2 places and I ill be looking for a replacement or rebuild this one.....who does this type of work?
TX
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This would be my first thought.First you have to determine if you have the right horn contact/retainer. You said you're using a 66 wheel, but are you using it with a 66 hub, or with a 67? 65-66 tele columns use a different contact, than 67 tele's, and I don't know that the 67 contact will work in a 66 hub.
Are you using any contact shims, under the contact? The contacts sometimes need to be shimmed, especially when switching steering wheels.
As far as wheel interchangeability, 67 and 68 wheels are basically the same. All 67-82 wheels have the same spoke shape and bolt pattern, so all 67-82 wheels should bolt to a 67 hub. The exception to this would be the 4 spoke plastic "Vega" wheel, that was used on all 76's and 77-79's with a straight column.
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67 wheel
Keith...i dont know....i sent it to a restorer.....I wasn't in on the parts used....just dealing with whats here in front of me .....so when I search for steering wheels ....I see 64-66 advertised..blah blaha....and 67's listed for 67 only...thats why I asked about the difference in the wheels....I also saw something about the SPACER one person advertised his 67 wheel complete with SPACER...maybe I dont have all the parts....I have been into my AIM but maybe it's in the option portion of AIM...
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Do you have the correct 67 hub? Dimensionally A 64-66 wheel is the same as 67 except 67 has the steep in the bottom spoke.
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67 steering wheel
To the best of my knowledge its a 67 tele....I've only put a 66 steering wheel on this 67 hub and column....I will contact the vendor to determin contact ring...and no ....on the shims...are your shims your refering to like small flat washers that could be used ...? or something specifacially designed for that application spot?.....and tx for the in put
This would be my first thought.
First you have to determine if you have the right horn contact/retainer. You said you're using a 66 wheel, but are you using it with a 66 hub, or with a 67? 65-66 tele columns use a different contact, than 67 tele's, and I don't know that the 67 contact will work in a 66 hub.
Are you using any contact shims, under the contact? The contacts sometimes need to be shimmed, especially when switching steering wheels.
As far as wheel interchangeability, 67 and 68 wheels are basically the same. All 67-82 wheels have the same spoke shape and bolt pattern, so all 67-82 wheels should bolt to a 67 hub. The exception to this would be the 4 spoke plastic "Vega" wheel, that was used on all 76's and 77-79's with a straight column.
This would be my first thought.First you have to determine if you have the right horn contact/retainer. You said you're using a 66 wheel, but are you using it with a 66 hub, or with a 67? 65-66 tele columns use a different contact, than 67 tele's, and I don't know that the 67 contact will work in a 66 hub.
Are you using any contact shims, under the contact? The contacts sometimes need to be shimmed, especially when switching steering wheels.
As far as wheel interchangeability, 67 and 68 wheels are basically the same. All 67-82 wheels have the same spoke shape and bolt pattern, so all 67-82 wheels should bolt to a 67 hub. The exception to this would be the 4 spoke plastic "Vega" wheel, that was used on all 76's and 77-79's with a straight column.
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