| logan238 | -- 10-04-2021 @ 7:07 AM |
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what's the best glue to fix cracks in the steering wheel. I tried bondo and the cracks came back. Would J B weld work?
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| TomO | -- 10-04-2021 @ 7:46 AM |
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The steering wheels in cars of the 1930's and 1940's are made from a hard rubber like substance. This will continue to shrink and cracks will open up again unless there is a flexible filler used to bond the sections together. Starting in the 1950's some of the steering wheels were made of plastic and a quality repair usually entails recasting the wheel. I do not know of any glue that will hold the parts together. The best way to fill cracks in a black hard rubber steering wheel is: Grind the crack to an inverted V (bottom of crack larger than top) shape. Drill a couple of small holes on each side of the crack if you can. Fill the crack with PC 7 Epoxy forcing it into the holes and then filling the rest of the cavity almost to the surface of the wheel. Drill a couple of holes at an angle to go from the filler into the old part of the steering wheel. Force more filler into the drilled holes and bring up to the level of the original wheel. Sand the filler smooth. If you need more filler to fill imperfections, you can use a flexible glazing putty like Evercoat Poly Flex 100411 Paint the steering wheel Tom
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| logan238 | -- 10-06-2021 @ 3:43 PM |
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Thenks Tom, what is that PC7. Where do you find it? So you don't theink JB weld will work?
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| 51504bat | -- 10-06-2021 @ 5:31 PM |
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Bought mine at Amazon. The big box home improvement stores list it but the ones local to me don't stock it. Not sure about some of the other hardware stores like Ace. ______________ No signature
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| TomO | -- 10-07-2021 @ 8:49 AM |
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What year Ford are you working on? Google PC7 near me for a source. Tom
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