Steering wheel refurb

[JohnboyLandy]

Hi All,

I'm on to my steering wheel now, and I know several people have posted about how they did there. From memory the process is sanding and filing the cracks out, fill the cracks and paint.

I tried searching for previous postings, but failed, so can someone point me to any posts about this, failing that, what's the recommended filler and paint to use ??

Thanks
John

[OneOff]

I don't know how to link to a particular post but my take on it is #264 on my build thread.

I've still got plenty of that Norris flexible filler that I used, you're welcome to it. You know where I live...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Land-Rover/i-8qTkJZp/0/30c262c5/L/526C294E-99DD-4653-ACFA-7DE35B70462B-L.jpg

[JohnboyLandy]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your offer of the filler, I might take you up on that yet.

I am curious about your choice of an epoxy filler over a plastic filler, is the epoxy more compatible / like the original steering wheel material ? I was "widening" the cracks with a dremel to allow more filler to go in, and I noticed the original steering wheel material is not very hard, so I would have thought an epoxy filler would actually be harder than the original, did you find that ?

Also, after filling/sanding, what prep/paint did you do / use ?

Thanks
John

[jerryd]

I dug out and filled the cracks on mine with liquid metal filler (all I had) wet and dried the whole wheel, etch primed it, then two coats of 2 pac black paint that had been in the cupboard for years


Well worth the effort [smilebigeye]

[whitehillbilly64]

Hi.
I did mine much the same way as others.
Cant find the pics.
Opened cracks. Epoxy filler. Sand. Filler primer. Black paint, several coats.

whitehillbilly