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Old 12-19-2011, 09:20 AM   #4
GMCPaul
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Re: The "bad" repro parts list. (buy at your own risk)

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Originally Posted by special-K View Post
69-72 Steering wheel rim cracked in 4 years of very occasional use. I'd say maybe 5,000 miles at he most. I feel it broke due to temperature changes,not use. The rod stock used is 1/2 the gauge of OEM.
We were told this was due to to low of a carbon content in the raw materials when making these originally for reproduction, this problem was supposed to have been cleared up in the last few years on the steering wheels being reproduced.
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