WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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I've found a guy with a horn button for my GT Deluxe wheel, but I don't want to commit (it's a LOT of money!) until I figure out what to do with the wheel...

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I can't decide whether it's just a 'dent' in the one section, or whether it's deformed the entire wheel just a bit as well.

Do I try and straighten it slowly with a small bottle jack, some other way, or perhaps contemplate taking the OG leather off and cutting off and welding on a new ring? :o :o :o :(

Any ideas?

Thanks, N.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
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Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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I would buy the button,cause the 2 together is worth a little fortune,even if it is not perfect.
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I know, and I will probably take it. He's waiting on an OG EMPI gearknob in order to get me a badge for it. Waiting for photos...

...but the wheel still worries me.

The small parts always cost more. ;) :o

A F*CKING LOT MORE! :o

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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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bent from which way? Almost all steering wheels have a type of flat spot at the bottom (6 o clock)
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OK, I just had another look...it seems that the top half of the wheel is bent backwards slightly, and the wheel has an centre-facing 'dent'...something like this: note the red areas.

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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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Hop down to Autostyle and buy an Isotta steering wheel :P

*Ducks and runs screaming to hide under Fastback*
If it's too low, you're too old :twisted:
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Do as you please...you can't make a Fasty any uglier than it already is. :lol:
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
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Fastbacks are definitely not ugly :o

They have their own unique charm :evil:

More aerodynamic than a Beetle :wink:
If it's too low, you're too old :twisted:
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You need to find a new debating fact. ;)
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
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Re: WtF do I do with my steering wheel? :(

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If it's too low, you're too old :twisted:
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