Hi folks, After spending a little while doing some searches about what's involved in fitting a 1939 Ford banjo steering wheel to a Model A column, to no avail, here I am. If there is a thread that someone knows about, please steer me into the right direction. Alternatively let me know your experiences, if any. I'd like to try and retain factory Model A light switch etc. Thanks, Alex.
model A shaft is bigger than the v8. i have done the other way around and put an A wheel on the v8 shaft with a shim, but to do what you want you would need to cut off the shaft and weld on a smaller v8 top. the center hole size will fit the v8 horn/light rod, you most likely will need a custom length, then the bottom switch is the same A and v8
No experience here, but depending on how much bigger the A shaft is, would you be able to enlarge the 39 wheel hole with a suitable tapered reamer? I have no idea whether the taper angle is common or not.
It’s the same taper but located at a different larger location. The problem with running a taper ream thru the steering wheel is the ream want to go into the key way. So is you do run a ream fill the taper with a half key for better results.
Not what you want to hear, but I'd consider retrofitting a later column and box. Two birds with one stone.
Like they say the taper is different. I could not find a correct one but did find something close then finished with a file. If you go this route I'm not sure you can go back to use on a V8 shaft. I still use the horn button but eliminated the headlight switch at he bottom of the column.
It’s easy to pull the shaft out of the box and machine it down to fit the banjo wheel. Your not taking off much .025 and under 1mm. So you probably make a fixture and do it with a hand file . The key would be go slow and blue the shaft(Mark it with a dark contrasting color) and slide wheel and spin the wheel. This will rub off high spots and work it till it scraps off all the blueing and reapply several times when doing it.
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