Steering wheel help/?????

[CYLFD]

I have a 72 c10 and I pulled the busted up stock wheel off and wanted to add this wheel but it will not go on. It bottoms out on the column before it hits the groves. Any suggestions is it a possibility??? Any help is much appreciated.

[GR8-68]

Looks like a 67-68 wheel.

[CYLFD]

Originally Posted by GR8-68

Looks like a 67-68 wheel.

Yeah does that mean it will not fit? I could've sworn I'd seen them on other trucks.
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[GR8-68]

It should fit, make sure the shaft didnt drop down in the column housing some.

[brihorse]

Do you have a picture of the column with the wheel off? I just changed my 68 c10 wheel for a 69 rosewood Camaro wheel with a 67-68 Camaro hub. Maybe you have a hub on the column that needs to come off because the hub is built into that 67-68 wheel you are trying to put on.

[brihorse]

This is my column with a 67-68 Camaro hub installed. My thumb is touching the hub that would have to come off if I wanted to put my 68 truck wheel back on.

[CYLFD]

Originally Posted by GR8-68

It should fit, make sure the shaft didnt drop down in the column housing some.

Thanks I'll check that tomorrow
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[CYLFD]

Originally Posted by brihorse

Do you have a picture of the column with the wheel off? I just changed my 68 c10 wheel for a 69 rosewood Camaro wheel with a 67-68 Camaro hub. Maybe you have a hub on the column that needs to come off because the hub is built into that 67-68 wheel you are trying to put on.

I'll get one in the morning it looked like normal though. Thanks for the reply.
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[CYLFD]

Here is a pic without the wheel and my old wheel. Doesn't seem like the shaft slid down either.

[CYLFD]

Side view

[CYLFD]

Old wheel

[brihorse]

If your wheels are set straight, I think you need to put the button for the horn at the 10 or 11 o'clock position instead of the 1 or 2 o'clock position it is currently in and then proceed to slide your steering wheel on in the straight forward position. At least that is the way that I had to put my 68 wheel on.

[brihorse]

The only way that the wheel could slide on the shaft is if the wheel was turned clockwise a quarter of a turn with the way the horn button is currently situated.

[CYLFD]

Originally Posted by brihorse

The only way that the wheel could slide on the shaft is if the wheel was turned clockwise a quarter of a turn with the way the horn button is currently situated.

I just thought of something because I've tried it all and the shaft just come through far enough to grab.

Does it matter if it was a 3 on the tree? Thanks again for the help.
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[snipescastle2]

I know there have been steering column shafts with a "Master Spline" (larger single spline than the rest) but I don't remember that being the case with these trucks though. it should fit, unless the shaft diameter is either too small or too large.... interesting......
Ben