Has anyone restored a 62 steering wheel? (1 Viewer)

[bottombracket]

I have used two-part epoxy to make my loose 62 wheel approximately 90% better.

There are two holes at approximately 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock on the back of the wheel.

I bought some epoxy (nothing special), 10 mL syringes, and two large 14 gauge needles. (I work in medicine so these were easy to procure).

I mixed the epoxy in 10 mL batches and injected it through the two mold holes on the back of the steering wheel, approximately 5 mL in each direction. It took a while to dry, but it definitely tacked the loose rubber back down to the metal frame. It’s not perfect, but I think it’s at least 90% better than it was. I’m sure if you made more poke holes in the back of the wheel you could get a better distribution of epoxy, but using the available holes worked well enough for me.

I don’t have any pictures because once I started mixing the epoxy, it made a mess and I had to move pretty quickly to get everything loaded into the syringes, and distributed evenly without gluing my hands to the wheel, the syringes, and the floor of my garage.

 

[Samppahj]

Interesting. I might get both and see where they end up. It would be good to have the info for anyone else looking for paint for the soft parts.

For the metal dash parts, I am actually waiting for powder coat samples to try to match the 6x grey and tan dash metal parts with Jason @TRAIL TAILOR for his new dash bezels.

I ordered this as well.
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The big question will be how long this holds up with hands wearing it down. At least there is enough product to respray it several times. I wouldn't want to have to do it very often though.

Camera does it tricks when taking a photo. I don't see any brownish in the real color. But we will see when you try them. I am also interested in that texture paint. I would need it for my 3d printed fog light surroundings. Put some pictures of that too when you have tried it.

My grey dash metal parts are Nissan Hippo grey. It is a perfect match for the newer dash. Old model is lighter grey.

 

[EscapeWagon62]

My wheel had separated from the metal core. Bought some hypodermic needles on Amazon (largest tube size I could find) and injected Gorilla Glue (the tan/brown color which expands slightly as it dries). Worked great and still holding strong.
You don’t have to put much in....if you still find some areas that are loose just repeat the procedure.

 

[bottombracket]

Oooh, gorilla glue sounds even better than 2 part epoxy.

 

[dogfishlake]

My wheel had separated from the metal core. Bought some hypodermic needles on Amazon (largest tube size I could find) and injected Gorilla Glue (the tan/brown color which expands slightly as it dries). Worked great and still holding strong.
You don’t have to put much in....if you still find some areas that are loose just repeat the procedure.

I hadn't thought of gorilla glue, I may try that. Thanks

 

[Skniper]

My wheel had separated from the metal core. Bought some hypodermic needles on Amazon (largest tube size I could find) and injected Gorilla Glue (the tan/brown color which expands slightly as it dries). Worked great and still holding strong.
You don’t have to put much in....if you still find some areas that are loose just repeat the procedure.

That's a good idea. The top of my wheel swelled and separated pretty far away from the inner frame. Far enough that I didn't think an adhesive would help much. The leather wheel wrap snugged it down really well. The gorilla glue would've made it 100% in addition to the wrap.
I'm about to order a new wrap, I'll add gorilla glue to it this time. Wheel wrap = www.wheelskins.com

 

[dogfishlake]

I've done the wheelskins cover on my 80 series wheel. It works pretty well. They seem to last for a couple of years.

 

[Gretsch]

I ordered this as well.
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The big question will be how long this holds up with hands wearing it down. At least there is enough product to respray it several times. I wouldn't want to have to do it very often though.

I used this stuff on a cup holder I put in my 60 series. Gave things a nice texture but dried really hard. Not like rubber but like really hard plastic. Don't know if that's what you want on a steering wheel. Maybe it was just the material I used it on or the number of coats I used but really came out surprisingly rough and stiff. Just FYI. HTH.