[Farmall] Steering Wheels

Ron Cook ron at lakeport-1.com
Sat Mar 1 13:40:10 PST 2014


I remember your posting about the steering wheel repair, Mike.  You did 
good.  At the time I hunted up the materials to do mine, but never found 
the round tuit.
I might have to now, but I don't know what I did with the materials.  
Must be on the shelf with all my paints, etc.

I was at a local show(Pierce, Nebraska Threshing Bee) a few years ago, 
maybe 4 or 5 and the gentleman that owned Minnkota Repair was there with 
a display.  I really liked his rubberized repaired steering wheels.  
That is when I stopped looking for time to fix mine.  I just didn't buy 
from him then.  Shucks.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 3/1/2014 11:42 AM, Mike wrote:
> Surprisingly, rebuilding an old steering wheel in poor condition isn't
> all that difficult. Even I did it, and it didn't come out all that
> badly. The main thing is patience. See
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/sm_steering_wheel_1.html>
> and the two *previous* images for my efforts. I am sure that, with a
> little more effort and patience than I have/had, you could get a lot
> better results. My efforts have lasted since 2005 sitting in an open
> shed. As they say: "Your mileage may vary." Mine was an experiment to
> see what could be done with minimal skills and materials.
>
> Mike
>
> On 3/1/2014 12:02 PM, genscan tds.net wrote:
>> I got the unhappy news that Minn-Kota Repair is out of business.  Does,
>> anyone know of any other business that recovers old steering wheels?  I am
>> aware one can buy new replacements, but I would prefer a restored original
>> to a Chinese plastic coated wheel.
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