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Old 08-20-2017, 07:28 AM   #19
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Re: Nobody has restored or repaired a steering wheel yet

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Originally Posted by dmjlambert View Post
Brand new cracks may appear in any new place on the wheel and I would not call that a failed repair. I was looking at the threads where the repair cracked again in the same place, and my main interest in starting this thread is to hear news, especially about old repairs that are holding up over time.

There were a number of posts about repairs just done, and they look great. I like to see the reports especially about what works in the long run. I've been repairing way too many things on my truck 2 or 3 times per item.
I don't know what others did and never tried Eastwood's kit. What I was saying is a job done right will not fail, but it could still crack elsewhere. I guess those jobs that failed weren't done right. I can tell you but I have no pictures to show because I no longer have the trucks. But I talk to the owners of both and so far so good and it's been over ten years. Both are garage kept fair weather cruisers.

A good job requires thoroughly cleaning contaminants/dust and a good epoxy. You can also drill little holes in the v-cut to help epoxy grab. I only used bondo for minor filling. I first used JB because it's runny to get it "into" the material. Then I used a pasty epoxy like PC7 to fill.
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