1957 steering wheel

[Dana B.]

I bought a repo steering wheel last month . I ordered the repo bolt kit(insted of rivits) from CC. They recommend to chamfer down the inter circle on repo steering wheels. Are the any tips from those who mounted a repo on a C1 ?

[Richard M.]

Re: 1957 steering wheel

Dana I recently did two of them using repro wheels. I did not have to chamfer the center hole at all. I'm thinking the early reproduction wheels had that issue, and now it's not a problem. The wheels fit over the hub covers just fine on these.

The real trick is getting a nut driver or socket in the back to tighten the nuts. I add one rivet-screw at a time, after applying a dab of Blue thread locker to the threads of the screw. Then add the washer and nut, loosely. After all are installed I have a old nut driver I ground down on the OD. This makes it a bit thinner to tighten the nuts without binding on the side of the inner hub.

Rich

[Dana B.]

Re: 1957 steering wheel

001.jpgThanks for the advice Richard. The transfer from orgional to Repro went smooth today !!

[Richard M.]

Re: 1957 steering wheel

Nice! Glad it worked. Some folks just use slotted machine screws but at angles you can see them. I like the rivet screws. This is the one I did a few weeks ago. Rich