Steering wheel repair

Yarrowman · Veteran Member

Steering wheel repair

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I have heard guys talk about grinding it a bit to roughen it up, filling it with JB Weld, sanding it nice and painting it. I have no idea if it lasts well but I'm guessing it would, never tried it.

I had a painted wheel in a car for at least 5 years and the paint held up perfectly though.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

Repair kits are available:

Eastwood Click here

Por 15 Click here

Yarrowman · Veteran Member

Thanks for the info Ray the Por 15 kit lookslike the way to go

Regards

Brad

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Nobody else ever fixed one? I was hoping this thread would draw lots of interest.

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

We used glazing putty and paint on 65Camino's. It looks really good and has held up well.

03cts sport · Uber Guru

I picked up a pretty good "survivor" wheel which is blue, like my interior. I also picked up a not as nice beige wheel which I will try to restore. Therefore, I hope to be able to provide a success story a year from now...

yelton57 · Veteran Member

I've kind of taken up fixing them as a hobby lately, the JB Weld/Epoxy treatment seems to be pretty bullet proof as far as durability and being close to the same density of the original GM steering wheel material.

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Try PC-7 epoxy, work well, it is what eastwood co sells in thier kit.

It is only avail in the USA tho, and almost any hardware store down there. Look it up on hte web, PC-7.

also, i use automotive 2 part plastic repair, bodyshop quality 3M stuff for repairing ridgid plastic. I use E-Z sand plasitic parts repair, works great.

Temperature and climate changes will produce hairline cracks but i have some that i did 5-8 years ago, adn they still look new, with just hairline cracks, it woud be impossible to eliminate cracks, they shrink and stretch in our climates

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

A product called quik poly is advertised for repairing steering wheels.

65Camino · Uber Guru

Judging by the post about fixing my wheel. Think it held up pretty well. Online now looking for alternatives. Two part epoxy works really well.

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

No previous experience on a wheel, I used the grind out, sand, PC7, sand, spot putty, fine finish sand, prime, fine scotchbright, paint and clear on my 65 wheel. Came out good for a first attempt.

No big chunks missing like Brad describes, but all I will say is the amount of time you put into it will be reflected in the end result. I could have went even further in fine working it, but didn't.

You could probably build up the large missing area a little epoxy at a time, maybe some kind of fiber reinforcing below the finished level?

Guru

hi have fixed two wheels i sand blasted the hole wheel with very fine sand like glass beads ...then used J B weld then primed the hole wheel with 2 part primer ... painted looks factory

hawkeye5766 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Thread on my repair canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t58813575/66-canso-steering-wheel-restoration/

Lt1 Burb · Addicted!

I used the 2 part epoxy from Por15 to fix this wheel. Just have to grind out the cracks and mold in the epoxy, sand it down and paint it.

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65Camino · Uber Guru

Lt1 Burb wrote:
I used the 2 part epoxy from Por15 to fix this wheel. Just have to grind out the cracks and mold in the epoxy, sand it down and paint it.

Looks good. But youre missing a pedal

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Nope, not on a truck like that! Factory powerglide automatic is the cats ass!

I had a 65 c10 factory PG, rare as hell.

Love that dash, i see you collected lots of rare options, i had them all for my truck too, except the factory AC, that a rare one!

Guage cluster, with tach, vac guage only for big trucks but totally cool factor, radio, custom cab interior, bright knobs, custom cab steering wheel, AC, Automatic, You just need the 4 way signalstat to make it complete!