[T3] Factory Steering Wheel?

William J catnine09 at dslextreme.com
Mon Feb 29 11:39:02 PST 2016


The Steering wheel on my 73 is cracked in several places and it's always 
been in southern Calif . It has not gotten any worse since I got it just 
like the dash .

 I once thought of using epoxy if I added Black color to it to fill in the 
cracks .

 I think part of the cracking where it's hot is due to the metal expanding 
from the sun faster than the plastic and partly from the PO using the wheel 
to hoist himself out of the car . I just ignore the cracks . Those after 
market wheels cost a fortune . I'd rather have a cracked wheel that the 
rubber feel of the ones most new cars have today, the ones that become 
sticky from all the chemicals leaching out .

William
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Factory Steering Wheel?


> On 29 Feb 2016 at 18:10, Daniel K. Du Vall wrote:
>
>> Its the 4 spoke black one with the plastic cover that has a Wolfs Berg 
>> emblem on it.
>> If its easy respired I would consider it and the leather ideas is an idea 
>> i had not thought of.
>> But if all else fails I have seen a few out there that are of the same 
>> diameter and might work in place of it.
>> Clearing the turn signals and such is of most importance.
>
> That's the late, mid-'72 thru '73 version. I'll have to look to see
> if I have one, but you might find one on the Samba.
>
> I think the thing that kills our steering wheels is extreme cold. The
> plastic shrinks more than the steel skeleton inside and eventually
> the plastic cracks to accommodate the stress. I've noticed that the
> cracks in mine get much smaller in warm weather. The wheel on the car
> that's in an attached garage is still intact. All my others are
> cracked.
>
> I suspect those of you in warm climates don't have this problem.
>
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