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Re: refinishing steering wheels...

To: philpatt@kalamazoo.net
Subject: Re: refinishing steering wheels...
From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 00:13:00 -0500
Cc: Bush4brits@aol.com, cpike@cpass.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Organization: Merlin Group Inc.
References: <001a01be56f8$be93fbc0$0a0200c0@playmachine.kalamazoo.net>
When I had that problem, I cut away the part that had lifted and replaced the
entire area with epoxy.

philpatt@kalamazoo.net wrote:

> > I've repaired a couple of steering wheels and found it to be a
> > fairly simple
> > project.
> > I used epoxy with a thickening agent......I used microballoons
> > (fiberglasglass
> > balls).
>
> My TR2 steering wheel has cracks at the outside end of the spokes ("T"
> style).  For at least one of them, your method will work to seal the crack,
> but one of them, the plastic has cracked and lifted away from the "spokes".
> Do you (or anyone else) have suggestions on how to bend that back down?  The
> two thoughts I've had are:
>
> A) Heat that portion, and "re-mold" it back down against the spokes, then
> apply epoxy,
>  or
> B) Do the epoxy repair first (resulting in quite a healthy bump), and sand
> the original plastic and the new epoxy back down to reform the original
> shape.
>
> Comments anyone? Other ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Phil Pattengale
> 54 TR2  - TS1440-LO {project #1}
> 56 TR3  - TS13872-L  {project #2}
> philpatt@kalamazoo.net
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/2890/


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