UncleAl
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The original steering wheel on my '69 Charger R/T has to be changed, so I bought a reproduction from Prestige that is the exact measurements and style of the original, except for maybe one thing.
The cam ring, that holds the copper ring with horn wire on the back of the steering wheel, has a post that cancels the turn signals, that is 1/8 inch longer than the one on the original steering wheel cam ring. When installing the steering wheel and tightening the bolt holding it on, I thought I had the wheel tightened down to it's finished depth and didn't want to over tighten the bolt and risk stripping the threads on the bolt or steering shaft. I went on to install the OE horn switch and test it to see if it worked. It didn't, which puzzled me, because if I ground the post with the little wheel that rides the copper ring, on the back of the steering wheel, to the center steering post, the horns work. I checked the little wheel and saw that it was missing making contact with the back of the steering wheel by about an 1/8 of an inch. This showed that the steering wheel was still too high on the shaft. I'm concerned that the extra 1/8 of an inch on that post is stopping the wheel from seating properly, and even more concerned that it may break the turn signal switch.
Has anybody run into this or a similar problem? And if so, how did you resolve it?
The cam ring, that holds the copper ring with horn wire on the back of the steering wheel, has a post that cancels the turn signals, that is 1/8 inch longer than the one on the original steering wheel cam ring. When installing the steering wheel and tightening the bolt holding it on, I thought I had the wheel tightened down to it's finished depth and didn't want to over tighten the bolt and risk stripping the threads on the bolt or steering shaft. I went on to install the OE horn switch and test it to see if it worked. It didn't, which puzzled me, because if I ground the post with the little wheel that rides the copper ring, on the back of the steering wheel, to the center steering post, the horns work. I checked the little wheel and saw that it was missing making contact with the back of the steering wheel by about an 1/8 of an inch. This showed that the steering wheel was still too high on the shaft. I'm concerned that the extra 1/8 of an inch on that post is stopping the wheel from seating properly, and even more concerned that it may break the turn signal switch.
Has anybody run into this or a similar problem? And if so, how did you resolve it?
