Customs Steering wheel restoration

My shoebox wheel has a few cracks in it and was wondering what is the best product for fixing them? Thanks all

 

Eastwood has a kit, also this guy does nice work but I have used neither personally.
http://www.stwheelz.com/ He is callled the steering wheel guy, Edmonton Alberta if I remember correctly.
If you do it yourself I beleive the critical element is patience.
Best of luck

 

Try the search function, I know there's abunch of threads on the subject.

 

There are several threads on this subject. I vee out the cracks, sand or gl*** bead that area good and fill with JB weld, two part epoxy. Let it cure and sand to the contour needed, heavy fill primor, sand and paint.

 

Thanks hopefully ill get it done this weekend.

 

I was at a renowned restoration shop a few years back. The gentleman that owns it has restored several Marmons for one person. He said the best method for restoring a steering wheel is to get old steering wheels and pull all the old material off the metal insides, then take and pulverize it into a powder.

He then mixes the powder into the resin to create a new resin that is close to the original material. His claim was that when you use only resin, it has a different expansion and contraction rate than the material of the steering wheel. So far he has never experienced a wheel that began to crack again after he restored it. BTW, he has also done Auburns and Duesenbergs.

 

Canucktruck - ill get right on that

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PC-7 is the best stuff to i use. Sands better than jb weld

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...Id=10053&langId=-1&keyword=pc+7&storeId=10051

 

I used the west system gflex epoxy

 

JB weld it

 

I did my '41 Ford wheel. Used PC-7, ground down close, filled with bondo, primed & painted
with base coat/clear. Has been OK for 5 yrs, no cracks came back.
plus it only cost about $40

 

I agree with EASYISSY on PC-7. I used it to fix the cracks on my 55 chev belair wheel. I used a file to open all the cracks and left things rough so the filler would have some tooth to adhere to. Once it had cured I hand sanded things down. I placed sandpaper on dowells to recreate the finger ridges and used a good high build primer like k200. It was done years ago, the new owner drives it and is still holding up well.

 

PC-7 and JB weld both work extremely well,but if you can make the job easier on yourself the PC-7 sands easier and quicker. HRP

 

I used 3M 8101 Urethane Bumper Repair filler. It is guaranteed to stay flexible and not crack. Sands like a dream.