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Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:23 pm
by MBUTE
I am after a good black standard steering wheel for a mighty boy.
I'll pay a fair price or I'll swap it for an original RS sports steering wheel.
cheers
Nick V
xpfairmont@optusnet.com.au
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:33 pm
by Brayden
I've got a few, but they all suffer the common fault of separation gap at the top.
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:29 pm
by MBUTE
Thanks Brayden,
I need a good one. What is the best proven way to repair this issue without using a hatch wheel?
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:49 pm
by Brayden
The problem is that the plastic shrinks due to heat. The only fix I can think of would be to fill it with resin, sand and paint the entire wheel so it matches. Of course the last part of that solution is only necessary if you need a concourse quality finish.
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:24 pm
by killermule
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Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:39 pm
by gadj
The professionals repair steering wheels with either body filler or as I did with something like Devcon (TM)Plastic steel which is a 2 part epoxy that is dark grey to black when cured. I wrapped a piece of tape around the gap for a form, mixed the epoxy & put it into a syringe to get it into the tape. It worked well. I ended up stitching a steering wheel cover over it as the rim is too slim for my hands & the wheel diameter was just only too small for the cover to grip the wheel.
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:15 pm
by gilly
I have one from an Alto Works if interested?
It needs to be re-trimmed as the foam stuff is starting to flake off in sections. A nice leather wrap would go well.
Let me know if you want some photos and pricing.
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:29 pm
by MBUTE
Gilly,
as my original post says...I have a perfect RS sports/works steering wheel to swap for a perfect original mb wheel.
So, uh, nup, thanks
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:09 pm
by gilly
MBUTE wrote:Gilly,
as my original post says...I have a perfect RS sports/works steering wheel to swap for a perfect original mb wheel.
So, uh, nup, thanks
poor reading on my behalf, sorry about that!
Re: Mighty Boy Steering wheel, anyone?
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:42 am
by cozza
i used some of that areldite in a syringe stuff and black sewing cotton just tied it off put a dop of the sticky stuff on and kept wrapping it around untill it was at the right hight then coated it with some more areldite and left it to dry sanded it back with very fine wet and dry passed a roadworthy no probs looked a treat hardly even noticed it was repaired unless you knew it was there.