[Farmall] Steering wheel repair

[Mike Sloane]

I like to think I did a fairly nice job on my Super M wheel that was not 
only cracked but missing chunks of rubber.

I de-rusted the metal in my electrolytic de-rusting tank and then put 
successive layers of a two-part epoxy called PC-7 in place of the 
missing rubber. After the epoxy hardened completely, I carved it down to 
something near the original shape of the rubber with a coarse rasp. then 
I used a finer half round file to smooth the finish. There was a number 
of suggestions for painting to leave a hard smooth surface ("Landau 
Black Interior Paint" being the most common), but I ended up using some 
Rustoleum black paint for plastics that seems to work OK. I am sure 
there are better paints available.

You can see images of the wheel, before and after, at: 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/> (in reverse order)

Mike

Inman, Timothy P wrote:
> Is there anyway to repair a steering wheel with cracked rubber?  The
> damage is not too bad- no 'chunks' missing.  Was hoping for some type of
> filler.  This is for my F20.


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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are 
broken.  - Benjamin Disraeli


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