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From: John McKenzie on 18 Jun 2010 10:29 Thanks everyone for replies - most helpful. I think I'll likely go with Scotty's suggestion, and I'm kicking myself that such a solution didn't occur to me personally :) I priced a couple of ring rollers, jesus, you'd feel very much like your ring was violated given the prices! > > > Why not pop down the wreckers and find a wheel thats already smaller and cut the internals from > that. You know its going to be round,the correct tensile and with luck you may find two so you > could use the wrap from the second one once yourve wrecked the first one. -- John McKenzie tosspam(a)aol.com abuse(a)yahoo.com abuse(a)hotmail.com abuse(a)earthlink.com abuse(a)aol.com vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov president(a)whitehouse.gov sweep.day(a)accc.gov.au uce(a)ftc.gov admin(a)loopback abuse(a)iprimus.com.au $LOGIN(a)localhost I knew Sanchez before they were dirty root(a)mailloop.com $USER@$HOST $LOGNAME(a)localhost -h1024(a)localhost abuse(a)msn.com abuse(a)federalpolice.gov.au fraudinfo(a)psinet.com abuse(a)asio.gov.au $USER(a)localhost abuse(a)sprint.com abuse(a)fbi.gov abuse(a)cia.gov
From: Milton on 18 Jun 2010 16:16 " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com> wrote in message news:4c1b5da4$0$1031$afc38c87(a)news.optusnet.com.au... > > "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message > news:4C1B1F17.26DA(a)bigpond.com... > : Hey everyone, I'm after a bit of advice. Here's the deal. I got a 3 > : spoke chrysler steering wheel on the cheap some time ago..... > : > : > : -- > : John McKenzie > : > > > Why not pop down the wreckers and find a wheel thats already smaller and > cut the internals from > that. You know its going to be round,the correct tensile and with luck > you may find two so you > could use the wrap from the second one once yourve wrecked the first one. > OOOPPPSS!! I should read all the replies first. Regards Milton
From: Scotty on 18 Jun 2010 18:35 "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:4C1B82A3.698F(a)bigpond.com... : Thanks everyone for replies - most helpful. I think I'll likely go with : Scotty's suggestion, and I'm kicking myself that such a solution didn't : occur to me personally :) : : I priced a couple of ring rollers, jesus, you'd feel very much like your : ring was violated given the prices! : : : > : > : > Why not pop down the wreckers and find a wheel thats already smaller and cut the internals from : > that. You know its going to be round,the correct tensile and with luck you may find two so you : > could use the wrap from the second one once yourve wrecked the first one. : : -- : John McKenzie : I get that occasionally myself, look at a problem for long enough you look straight past the obvious solutions. Takes someone elses eyes to find it. Hoep it works well for you.
From: John_H on 18 Jun 2010 20:00 Scotty wrote: >"John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:4C1B82A3.698F(a)bigpond.com... >: Thanks everyone for replies - most helpful. I think I'll likely go with >: Scotty's suggestion, and I'm kicking myself that such a solution didn't >: occur to me personally :) > >I get that occasionally myself, look at a problem for long enough you look straight past the obvious >solutions. Takes someone elses eyes to find it. It helps if they're already conditioned to the the throw away society ethic! :)) I've lost count of the number times I've repaired or modified something that could've been replaced for the half the price. Still makes me feel good though (most times). Throwing the old one away is always the hard part. ;-) -- John H
From: F Murtz on 18 Jun 2010 23:52
John McKenzie wrote: > Hey everyone, I'm after a bit of advice. Here's the deal. I got a 3 > spoke chrysler steering wheel on the cheap some time ago. the rubber was > totally fucked on it (attemps to re-attach failed). So I'm only > considering this because of the fact it needed re-covering anyway, I'm > not destroying one in good nick. > > Anyhow, the wheel despite being 'sporty' with the 3 spoke design, is in > fact the same diameter as the std wheel. Now being just very very > slightly larger than average I could really do with more leg room, and a > wheel with approx 2in smaller diameter would really work. I've cut the > outer rim, a solid steel bar, off, and I can cut the 'spokes' shorter > and have it still look (to anyone buy a mopar afficionado) just like the > stock one, but with smaller diameter (still well legal, as the std > wheels are probably off a bus). > > I've got no problem finishing the spokes by hand to get them 'spot on' > but the help I'm after is with the outer ring. I know the math of course > to cut it and re-weld, but what I'm after is tips to getting it to be a > uniform, perfect circle, rather than an ellipse that is clearly a cut n > shut. > > I was thinking probably an english wheel would be the go here, but I > don't have one or access to one atm. failing that, I do have a couple of > anvils and (probably) enough time to do it whenever. But if there is > anything quicker than patience and an anvil that could be cheaply done > I'd appreciate any tips you blokes could share with me. The bar itself > is round, and about 7-8mm thick so it's not like I can just bend it by > freehand brute force (well not accurately anyway). > > You can do it cold. get a new length of rod, clamp it somehow to an oxy bottle or some such and wind it around former by hand, wind it a couple of turns.When you let it go it will expand a bit.manually adjust until it is the right diameter and cut through both ends where they meet.Job done. |