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Discussion in 'Technical Q&A' started by Brian Harper, Apr 26, 2007.

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  1. Brian Harper

    Brian Harper F1 Rookie
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    #1 Brian Harper, Apr 26, 2007
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    I have my steering wheel off to fix the leather peeling off of the back side of the spokes, but sice I have it off I'd like to fix the wheel's other problem, which is that it appears to be bent. The right side of the wheel is just a little bit farther away from the left, probably from the POs using it to get in and out of the car. Wasn't me, I haven't driven it enough to do it yet. Add to that that my right arm is a little shorter than my left and this makes the sensation for me a little worse. I haven't come up with a good way to fix this. I'd rather not torque the thing back into shape on the steering column, it just seems like too much abuse, but I haven't come up with another way.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Mark 328

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    #2 Mark 328, Apr 27, 2007
    I'm sure you will get some good responses here, but her is one approach that can be modified to suit...
    Do you have access to a heavy metal plate like a milling machine table or a welding table?
    If so, you could clamp/bolt the center of the wheel down (may have raise it on blocks to allow jack screw access) and use a jack screw setup to push the low area on the wheel back into shape.
    There are other ways to protect the wheel, but one way would be to heat/stretch form a piece of PVC pipe. If you heat PVC pipe and pull it around a diameter it will stay; then you could cut it in half to put between wheel and jack screw.

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