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baitkiller 
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 Topic: STEERING WHEEL CENTERPosted: March-19-2014 at 10:06am |
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1978 SN steering wheel center needed. I actually only need the mid section with the three holes that receives the cap and split ring. Pretty sure they used this wheel for a very long time.
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TRBenj
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 11:09am |
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Yeah, the flange on that piece is usually the first to fail. Ive got several wheels that I could put together if I had a few more of those!
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baitkiller
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 11:22am |
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I may take it to the local welder and see if he weld a more robust disc on it. Then I can drill the holes to match. Its painted anyway.
Do you know of what metal it's made? |
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TRBenj
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 11:25am |
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The underlying material seems to be the cheap pot metal that was commonly used for non-structural chromed trim pieces. Not sure how much luck youre going to have welding or soldering it, but let me know how you make out.
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baitkiller
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 11:36am |
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That's what I was afraid of. Waste of time trying to fix it. I wont even bother then. Ill just put on a different wheel if it gets to that point. Although that may mess up the period correct restoration I have done.... LOL.
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Gary S
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 12:40pm |
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It's called zamak. What has happened is when you changed the rotation of the engine I'll bet you didn't change the polarity of the flux capacitor. And you didn't think anything would happen if you changed rotation
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baitkiller
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 12:46pm |
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Gary nailed it. I put so much torque on the helm battling the incorrect shaft rotation that the wheel cap eventually failed.
Alright then I need a wheel cap, engine and prop. :) Zamak sounds like something that doesn't like to be welded. |
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 1:05pm |
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I have a few broken cap holder like yours, and I have considered gluing them down to the spokes. Its not a structural piece- it just has to stay in place and hold the center cap. I was thinking a little JB weld would do it.
The prop rotation thing sounds like a bit more complicated issue to fix. 
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TS1965
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 1:28pm |
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I also need a steering wheel center cap for a1965 Tournament Skier. I am displaying it next week.
It is a Teleflex, About 4" wide. They were gold in color. How do you post a picture of what I have left? Thanks for any help |
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ScottZ
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 1:34pm |
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I will check my inventory to see if I have one baitkiller.
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 1:42pm |
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I have seen a vintage car restorer weld pot metal. He had a grill for the front of a car with some missing pieces. He repaired the damage with bondo and had it looking pretty good. Then he took a cookie sheet and filled it with fast setting cement. He pressed the grill into the wet cement and made an impression of the grill.
Once the grill was removed, he cleaned off all the bondo and replaced the grill in the new mold. Then he used a stick welder to fill all the missing pieces with metal. When that crappy pot metal started to melt and turn all nasty, crumbly it had nowhere to go, because it was in a mold and he basically recast those spots. Then took it out, ground it to shape and had it replated. I think it might have even worked with a brazing torch and rod. Some version of this might work for the steering hub? |
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Posted: March-19-2014 at 7:51pm |
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Well if anyone is able to get new ones machined I would be very interested in buying a set, especially if they were to turn out like these:
Here Ive had to make do with this as a temporary solution, sandblasted and sprayed with with corrosion resistant/ptfe rich/epoxy coating then high temperature cured. But it's far from a perfect match..  |
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