Nobody has restored or repaired a steering wheel yet

[special-K]

Originally Posted by dmjlambert

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.

[Andy4639]

The first coat of blue is on and drying in the sun. Suppose to be 90's here today. I'll wet sand it some tomorrow if needed before I spray the clear. Two tone white & blue as it came from the factory.
It's not perfect but it beats what it did look like.
I redid the Chevelle wheel back in 2012 and it looks as good today as back then.

[ThePunisher67]

Keep the pictures coming

[dmjlambert]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

I redid the Chevelle wheel back in 2012 and it looks as good today as back then.

Thanks, nice progress. What is the filler product you used?

[4oldcars]

Here's my 61 Impala wheel

[GMCGrim]

Here are some pics of my steering wheel. Like I said it seems to be holding up very well. As mentioned in an earlier post I used PC-7 two part epoxy to fill all of the cracks. Also this was not my original wheel, it was too far gone in my opinion. I bought this three spoke version at a wrecking yard.

[Andy4639]

Originally Posted by dmjlambert

Thanks, nice progress. What is the filler product you used?

The 67 SS Chevelle wheel I used bondo the cracks where not that bad.


The wood and the 64 Impala wheel I used what is in the picture.
You have to cut off just enough to work with because it will harden up pretty fast on you. Keeping it wet helps though. That's why I didn't worry aboy excess I just ground it off after it dries good.