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Old 08-04-2013, 07:53 PM   #1
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New steering wheel

It wasn't much fun trying to get the old steering wheel off until I bought the right tool for the job. One thing for sure I had to custom engineer the Grant horn assembly parts because they just wouldn't work.Name:  1-IMG_20130803_182143_384.jpg
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:31 PM   #2
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Good looking wheel. Where did you get it? I need one and I like the looks of that one.
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:36 PM   #3
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Re: New steering wheel

The grant adapter parts really do suck.
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Old 08-04-2013, 08:56 PM   #4
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Good looking wheel. Where did you get it? I need one and I like the looks of that one.
I found this one on Ebay. I tried the parts houses for old Chevy trucks but this same one was always out of stock.
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Old 08-04-2013, 09:20 PM   #5
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Re: New steering wheel

I just installed a Grant 969 w/ the blue bowtie today,i reamed the hub assembly with a cylindrical grinding stone from home depot.The install kit is 3126,and I picked it up at pep boys.Now the first one I tried to intall on my 67 column didn't go so well so I bought a Flamming River column from pick-um-up (Frank) for a really good price ,and it came with a FR horn contact.The only thing I had to do was change the horn contact connector.It works perfect.
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Old 08-04-2013, 11:39 PM   #6
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The grant adapter parts really do suck.
If there was a "Like" button on this forum i'd use it on your post!

Grant Horn hardware just bites, the fiber disk wears out and the assy pulls apart and the horn goes off all on its own, even in the middle of the night......
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Old 08-05-2013, 01:15 AM   #7
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If there was a "Like" button on this forum i'd use it on your post!

Grant Horn hardware just bites, the fiber disk wears out and the assy pulls apart and the horn goes off all on its own, even in the middle of the night......
Guess I better mount some kind of "make and break" switch under the hood in case that happens to mine. Doesn't seem like that fiber disc has to move much unless you have to lay on the horn a lot. I noticed though that the fiber near one of the shoulder bolts was already starting to crack just from shipping. Grrrrr
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Old 08-05-2013, 04:57 AM   #8
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Burgie, that looks really sharp!
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If there was a "Like" button on this forum i'd use it on your post!

Grant Horn hardware just bites, the fiber disk wears out and the assy pulls apart and the horn goes off all on its own, even in the middle of the night......
I put in a Flaming River column this weekend with their adapter and horn contact. I still have the Grant fiber disk and horn button, and I had to re-drill the steering wheel for it to line up right. But it is 300% of the Grant design.
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Old 08-05-2013, 08:54 AM   #11
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Re: New steering wheel

I got the same wheel and like it a lot. I bought mine off of amazon for a fraction of the cost at other places. I am finding amazon to have many parts with free shipping. Good for things like bumpers which are next on my list.

I was unable to get the horn to work on mine at all. I agree the parts do suck.

Looks great!!!
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Old 08-05-2013, 07:53 PM   #12
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I got the same wheel and like it a lot. I bought mine off of amazon for a fraction of the cost at other places. I am finding amazon to have many parts with free shipping. Good for things like bumpers which are next on my list.

I was unable to get the horn to work on mine at all. I agree the parts do suck.

Looks great!!!
When they tell you in the instructions to take out the existing rod like plunger and replace it with theirs it took me awhile to figure out what they meant. I actually threw their new spring away and reused the original Chevy spring in the horn contact assembly. What frosted me was I couldn't get their little plastic cap to cover their new rod like plunger because the termination on the end of the Grant wire had no place to go. Then I got the brain storm to put the little rod in a vise and drill about an 1/8 inch hole about a 1/4 inch deep in the rod plunger and the termination on their horn wire fit in there perfectly. I should have taken some pics. Anyway the horn works fine but their instructions suck! LOL
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Old 08-05-2013, 08:15 PM   #13
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what tool did you use to get the old hub bit off?
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Old 08-05-2013, 08:25 PM   #14
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what puller did you use to get the wheel off? i've tried one i borrowed and have bent the bolts on the puller, that go into the wheel, and no luck with it coming off.
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Old 08-05-2013, 08:40 PM   #15
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what puller did you use to get the wheel off? i've tried one i borrowed and have bent the bolts on the puller, that go into the wheel, and no luck with it coming off.
I borrowed one too but the bolts were too short so I got this kit at China Freight.
http://www.harborfreight.com/46-piec...set-69889.html

The only problem with this puller is that the yoke or whatever you call it has 4 slots. You have to use the two slots opposite of each other and it won't quite fit so you have to take a round file or die grinder and remove about 1/32 of an inch on both slots towards where the large jack screw is. Once I did that and used some of their longer bolts in the kit it popped right off. Although at first when it came free I freaked out thinking that I broke or stripped something but it was just coming loose on the steering shaft.
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I borrowed one too but the bolts were too short so I got this kit at China Freight.
http://www.harborfreight.com/46-piec...set-69889.html

The only problem with this puller is that the yoke or whatever you call it has 4 slots. You have to use the two slots opposite of each other and it won't quite fit so you have to take a round file or die grinder and remove about 1/32 of an inch on both slots towards where the large jack screw is. Once I did that and used some of their longer bolts in the kit it popped right off. Although at first when it came free I freaked out thinking that I broke or stripped something but it was just coming loose on the steering shaft.
thanks for linking your thread.
From what I've read it looks great and the wheel and your truck certainly do.
The thread will be a good reference for me when I'm replacing my wheel.
Your old one looks like mine now , cracked a bit different though
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Nice new wheel and truck.

Your old wheel reminds me how old steering wheels are like ghettos...

Looks like about the same sh!t, just different crack locations.
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Old 10-11-2014, 11:31 AM   #18
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nice new wheel and truck.

Your old wheel reminds me how old steering wheels are like ghettos...

Looks like about the same sh!t, just different crack locations.


lol!!!!!
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Old 10-11-2014, 05:49 PM   #19
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have the same wheel, love it but no horn , so off it comes
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Old 10-12-2014, 09:13 AM   #20
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The easy way to stop the horn is to just unplug it. It's just a slip on connection on the front of the drivers side wheel well.
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