Steering wheel trim ring
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Racer
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Steering wheel trim ring
Anyone else seeing the stainless ring around the steering wheel coming loose? I've got a '72 and it seems like whatever glue was used has given up.
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Burning Brakes
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Looked at my '72 steering wheel, and that's not a SS ring. It's the steering wheel itself, the inner structure of the wheel. Maybe called the frame. The rubber part is separating from the wheel structure. I don't know how the factory put them together, but it's actually a front and rear rubber ring that is sandwiched onto the steel structure of the wheel. They must have used some type of adhesive to marry the rubber to the steel structure. Hopefully, someone with more knowledge will chime in.
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Thinking a little more about the wheel structure, I'd think the steel part was put into a fixture and then the rubber was injection molded to the steel. The steel part probably has holes in it to join the front piece to the back piece.
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Racer
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From: Upstate South Carolina
Looked at my '72 steering wheel, and that's not a SS ring. It's the steering wheel itself, the inner structure of the wheel. Maybe called the frame. The rubber part is separating from the wheel structure. I don't know how the factory put them together, but it's actually a front and rear rubber ring that is sandwiched onto the steel structure of the wheel. They must have used some type of adhesive to marry the rubber to the steel structure. Hopefully, someone with more knowledge will chime in.
Duane
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Odd. I've never heard of one coming off -- or even knew that was possible. It's definitely a rarity since googling doesn't return anything addressing this problem. Does your ring fit the groove and circumference well? If so, I'd try epoxy. Barring that, finding a used one would be my next step. I've no idea about the quality and accuracy of the reproductions.
Anyone have access to an X-Ray machine?
Anyone have access to an X-Ray machine?
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It was loose only in one @4 inch area of the wheel but not enough to interfere with driving.
It was like that for many years until I sold the vehicle.
I'd thought of using some very thin double sided tape to correct it but it never got worse.
Benefit of tape vs glue is the tape would take up some of the space between the wheel and ring as the ring will expand faster than the wheel in the summer.
Last edited by Hammerhead Fred; Feb 19, 2023 at 09:59 AM.
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