Steering Wheel

Glad that you brought this up. The rubber on my '95 steering wheel (vinyl,
not leather) appears to have separated from the skeleton. The wheel looks
great, but if grabbed at the top and wrung (like one would do to clothing to
extract liquid) it moves, and it should not. It strikes me as unsafe and I
wonder if this is a wide spread issue or perhaps even something that was
recalled. I fear that purchasing a used replacement will just get me
another defective wheel like I already have or one that will suffer the same
fate in short time... After market steering wheels mean giving up the air
bag. What is the remedy? Thanks for any advice.


"Cole" > wrote in message
lkaboutautos.com...
>
>

If I understand you correctly, it's not plainly visable, this gap, correct?
If so, Fill it with black silicone caulking. It's worth a try.

It seems to me someone located a pretty decent looking aftermarket wheel
with an airbag. IIRC it was pretty pricey but, that only makes sense.
It may have been Leon.......can't remember for sure.

Chris
92BB&T

"Col`" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:45:35 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
>
> wrote:
>
> >Glad that you brought this up. The rubber on my '95 steering wheel
(vinyl,
> >not leather) appears to have separated from the skeleton. The wheel
looks
> >great, but if grabbed at the top and wrung (like one would do to clothing
to
> >extract liquid) it moves, and it should not. It strikes me as unsafe and
I
> >wonder if this is a wide spread issue or perhaps even something that was
> >recalled. I fear that purchasing a used replacement will just get me
> >another defective wheel like I already have or one that will suffer the
same
> >fate in short time... After market steering wheels mean giving up the
air
> >bag. What is the remedy? Thanks for any advice.
> >
> >
> >"Cole" > wrote in message
> alkaboutautos.com...
> >>
> >>
> >
> It is possible using a hypodermic syringe full of glue to inject glue into
the
> gap where it is loose. There are auto trimmers that should be able to do
it for
> you.
>
> --
>
> Col
>
> Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.

I tried the "hipo" trick and it worked for a while. The heat from the
sun and the constant movement of my hands on it kind'a killed it after
about 6 mon's. I even tried epoxy, but the surface on the inside is just
too small and the moment-arm of the outside is just too great to have it
hold up.

I would like to know if anyone has a solution.

Bruce RED '91

Thanks for the replies. There are no visible cracks at all. The steering
wheel looks as good as new. However, when you grab it on the top section
and twist it, the skin and rubber core moves independently of the solid
core. When I say twist it I don't mean in the usual way one twists the
wheel to turn left or right, but from front to back (as if it were being
wrung out like one would do to wet clothing). Hope that is clearer. I
looked on ebay for a replacement wheel and found several described as having
'loose rubber' which may be another description of the same problem.
Perhaps this problem is not very common. Thanks.

"Chris D'Agnolo" > wrote in message
...
> If I understand you correctly, it's not plainly visable, this gap,
> correct?
> If so, Fill it with black silicone caulking. It's worth a try.
>
> It seems to me someone located a pretty decent looking aftermarket wheel
> with an airbag. IIRC it was pretty pricey but, that only makes sense.
> It may have been Leon.......can't remember for sure.
>
> Chris
> 92BB&T
>
> "Col`" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:45:35 GMT, "Christopher Muto"
> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Glad that you brought this up. The rubber on my '95 steering wheel
> (vinyl,
>> >not leather) appears to have separated from the skeleton. The wheel
> looks
>> >great, but if grabbed at the top and wrung (like one would do to
>> >clothing
> to
>> >extract liquid) it moves, and it should not. It strikes me as unsafe
>> >and
> I
>> >wonder if this is a wide spread issue or perhaps even something that was
>> >recalled. I fear that purchasing a used replacement will just get me
>> >another defective wheel like I already have or one that will suffer the
> same
>> >fate in short time... After market steering wheels mean giving up the
> air
>> >bag. What is the remedy? Thanks for any advice.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Cole" > wrote in message
>> alkaboutautos.com...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> It is possible using a hypodermic syringe full of glue to inject glue
>> into
> the
>> gap where it is loose. There are auto trimmers that should be able to do
> it for
>> you.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Col
>>
>> Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.
>
>