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Old 05-29-2015, 10:22 PM   #9
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Re: help with cleaning and restoring a steering wheel

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Originally Posted by jeffahart View Post
It's not a matter of hurting the wheel. It's the rubber on the center portion. It gets really sticky and they cannot stopped from oozing oil. Some get so bad they actually drip. GM had some bad plastic mixes for their wheels. Starting with my 70. That year wheel composition was completely crumbling apart way back in the early 80s. I was kinda happy to see the later model wheel on the truck. Till we tried to clean the sticky. You can make it OK for a few days but the sticky come back, it just keeps oozing oil. I kept that wheel pictured for about three years. Just got sick of it. I was gross!

I don't know of anyone who has successfully stopped the sticky once it breaks down to that point.
Wow, yea I had the same wheel on my '68 that I got for free that was wrapped and it's super sticky, even thru the wrap. Went with the LMC 3 spoke wheel, but the grip has already started to wear. The rubber seems a little more fragile than I would have thought, I have 2 gashes in it already. I picked up a stock '68 wheel that I'll be restoring and installing soon.
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