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soba_03 · 10-13-2008, 10:49 AM

I got a realy nice wheel but it's all sticky. I've scrubed the crap out of it and it's better. However everything I've read on this subject says that it will come back once it get a good bakeing in the sun. Anyone come up with a solution? I was considering painting it with some clear, but i don't know if it will work. It's a 70-72 wheel with the rubber injection moulded plastic.

Any ideas would be great. Thanks...

**LockDoc** · 10-13-2008, 11:03 AM

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I have used a product called GOO-GONE that worked good. Just saturate a small rag or old wash cloth and wash it down. It should be available at your local Wally World or major drug stores. Give one of them a call and see.

LockDoc

sneakysnake · 10-13-2008, 11:27 AM

Brake parts cleaner on a rag works well too.

soba_03 · 10-13-2008, 04:30 PM

I've heard that no matter how much you clean it that the stickyness will come back... any experience with that?

wig · 10-13-2008, 05:31 PM

I've found that anytime I park a truck it does that.I use windx.once you star trying it,it be cool.

wig · 10-13-2008, 05:34 PM

I forgot to put,It wont come back as long as your driving it.

**john** · 10-13-2008, 05:39 PM

Alot of stuff will work, I used laquer thinner and then 303 leather vinyl protectant to bring the color and sheen back and its been okay for ten years.

Bus Ted Knuckle · 10-13-2008, 05:47 PM

After you clean it it should be fine...

It does seem like they don't get sticky if you drive them every once in a while.

**71blksuper4x4** · 10-13-2008, 06:30 PM

get yourself a few of those cheap Mr. Clean Eraser type things from a Dollar General and some goo gone and go to town on the wheel. That's what I used on my 3 spoke steering wheel when I was restoring it. Trevor

**leddzepp** · 10-13-2008, 06:40 PM

How did your new tranny linkage go?

soba_03 · 10-13-2008, 10:25 PM

Zepp, It will work fine found out that there is not movement in my steering coulmn. So I can't adjust from there. It's got a thm350 in it and a PG column that is froze up. Just Saturday I Got a 72 thm350 column and it's PURDY.. I'll drop it in this weekend and dial the shift linkage in.. Thanks... bought the column for 50 & Guy didn't have change for the 3 20's I gave so got a prefectly good un cracked wheel and horn buttlon for $10. Yeah I'm living right.... thanks....

10-13-2008, 10:49 AM	#1
soba_03 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fairdale, Kentucky Posts: 561	Sticky steering wheel? I got a realy nice wheel but it's all sticky. I've scrubed the crap out of it and it's better. However everything I've read on this subject says that it will come back once it get a good bakeing in the sun. Anyone come up with a solution? I was considering painting it with some clear, but i don't know if it will work. It's a 70-72 wheel with the rubber injection moulded plastic. Any ideas would be great. Thanks...

10-13-2008, 11:03 AM	#2
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,394	Re: Sticky steering wheel? - I have used a product called GOO-GONE that worked good. Just saturate a small rag or old wash cloth and wash it down. It should be available at your local Wally World or major drug stores. Give one of them a call and see. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

10-13-2008, 11:27 AM	#3
sneakysnake It's a catastrophic success. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,077	Re: Sticky steering wheel? Brake parts cleaner on a rag works well too.

10-13-2008, 04:30 PM	#4
soba_03 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fairdale, Kentucky Posts: 561	Re: Sticky steering wheel? I've heard that no matter how much you clean it that the stickyness will come back... any experience with that?

10-13-2008, 05:31 PM	#5
wig Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greenville Tx. Posts: 25	Re: Sticky steering wheel? I've found that anytime I park a truck it does that.I use windx.once you star trying it,it be cool.

10-13-2008, 05:34 PM	#6
wig Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greenville Tx. Posts: 25	Re: Sticky steering wheel? I forgot to put,It wont come back as long as your driving it.

10-13-2008, 05:39 PM	#7
john member #16 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Yuba City Ca. Posts: 3,618	Re: Sticky steering wheel? Alot of stuff will work, I used laquer thinner and then 303 leather vinyl protectant to bring the color and sheen back and its been okay for ten years. __________________ john http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showgroups.php board vendors http://www.flickr.com/photos/1745471...7602865984234/

10-13-2008, 05:47 PM	#8
Bus Ted Knuckle Son of a gun Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas Posts: 1,636	Re: Sticky steering wheel? After you clean it it should be fine... It does seem like they don't get sticky if you drive them every once in a while. __________________ Bill BEATERS ARE NEATER

10-13-2008, 06:30 PM	#9
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,151	Re: Sticky steering wheel? get yourself a few of those cheap Mr. Clean Eraser type things from a Dollar General and some goo gone and go to town on the wheel. That's what I used on my 3 spoke steering wheel when I was restoring it. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

10-13-2008, 06:40 PM	#10
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,995	Re: Sticky steering wheel? How did your new tranny linkage go?

10-13-2008, 10:25 PM	#11
soba_03 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fairdale, Kentucky Posts: 561	Re: Sticky steering wheel? Zepp, It will work fine found out that there is not movement in my steering coulmn. So I can't adjust from there. It's got a thm350 in it and a PG column that is froze up. Just Saturday I Got a 72 thm350 column and it's PURDY.. I'll drop it in this weekend and dial the shift linkage in.. Thanks... bought the column for 50 & Guy didn't have change for the 3 20's I gave so got a prefectly good un cracked wheel and horn buttlon for $10. Yeah I'm living right.... thanks....



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