Mike
Get yourself a Lempert wheel. No question.
http://www.pbase.com/mdlempert/healey
Also make sure the three spokes are at 120degs. The 'T' layout (90,180,90)
is just WRONG on a big Healey
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From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of rrengineer @dslextreme.com
Sent: 24 May 2009 06:18
To: Alan Seigrist
Cc: Austin Healey
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Non-Adjustable Steering Wheel
O.K., I guess I have a steering wheel from something other than a Healey?
Rats! Spent the money on the resto for nothing. Now I will have to decide
if I want to go original with one of the suppliers (AH Spares?) or a Moto
Lita wheel. BTW - my steering box/shaft is BN2 later type. Great wealth of
information on this list. Thanks.
Mike
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike -
>
> I can verify virtually all larger Austins of the 50s and 60s used
basically
> the same sized spline shaft. I have my old BJ8 steering wheel on my '52
A90
> to prove it (the car is being painted).
>
> I suspect your steering wheel is from a different car - with the smaller
> shaft probably from a smaller Austin or small production LBC of the
period.
>
> Bluemel made these steering wheels for practically the entire UK car
> industry, that means several cars used steering wheels that looked very
> similar.
>
> Where did you get your steering wheel? I suspect you will have to
purchase
> a replacement.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:28 AM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
> rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a non-adjustable steering wheel that was restored by Koch's here
in
>> California. While the restoration job was quite satisfactory, there is
>> another problem. The splines in the hub of this steering wheel do not
fit
>> the steering shaft splines of my steering box/shaft. The splines on the
>> steering box shaft are a larger OD that the inner diameter of the top of
>> the
>> splines in the steering wheel hub. What's up with that? Are there no
>> standards here, or are there different steering wheels for different
>> years?
>> Besides that, the splines are crumbling at one end of the steering wheel
>> hub. Is there a fix such as a bushing for this? Or, am I destined to go
>> to
>> Moss for a replacement?
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 AN5
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