NSW Corvettes
General Discussion Area => Corvette Related Chat => Topic started by: jimbob on December 04, 2015, 08:53:37 AM
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Hi everyone
I have a 1986 convertable with the standard original thin steering wheel. I want to fit a later model thicker style wheel. Is it possible to do/ Which ones would be sutiable?
Jimbob
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There are plenty of cars in the club with odd S/wheels, I'm sure if you get it off and take it to a retailer they will fix you up with something you like. You need a little "wheel puller", be carefull of the horn connection, and of course your new S/wheel will need to accomodate the horn, and some after market gear does not do a good job in this area. Good luck.
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The problem you will have is to make the tele function work on the column the shaft protrudes a long way thru the wheel . You will have to make a spacer to go above wheel to mount aftermarket horn button.I used a 90mm stormwater cap & covered in black vinyl on my 78. The other problem I had was I had to redrill wheel to allow boss to be in correct position to cancell blinkers & have wheel in correct position when wheels straight.Not as simple as unbolt one & replace with a new one
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Many moons ago, and I'm not sure if still available, but you could buy a kit of leather wrap, to re-wrap or just go over the existing wheel. These were good on the old THIN ek,eh etc Holden steering wheels, and made the wheel a much thicker, chunkier wheel easier to grip, with less sweatier slip.