[Spridgets] Bugeye steering wheel hub

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

You might find the Triumph Herald hub will fit?
 
I'd contact Mountney direct and ask they if they do a hub for the  Frogeye.#
 
It's possible you can get a machine shop to make you a boss from a solid  
piece of very large bar.
 
Is there a reason why you can't swap the whole steering column to the later 
 steering column?
 
 
In a message dated 28/06/2016 07:42:56 GMT Daylight Time,  
spridgets at autox.team.net writes:

Well, it's happened again. I got myself in a Bugeye  bind. 

My new Bugeye came with a beautiful Lempert solid wood steering  wheel. 
Problem was it was15" in diameter and made it difficult to get in the  car. I 
bought a 13" leather Mountney wheel and hub from Mini-Mania and   told them 
that the Bugeye shaft  has a 5/8" diam spline, all other years are 3/4" and 
M-M assured me their hub would fit. I  then sold the Lempert wheel and hub to 
a Lister. Of  course, when I received the hub, it didn't fit. Now I have a 
car with no  steering wheel hub but a nice wheel.

Have any of you replaced a  steering wheel on your Bugeye?  If so, where 
did you get the hub? The  Mountney wheel has a center hole of 3 12" and a six 
hole bolt circle of 4".  I've already asked 7 Enterprises, Moss, and VB - no 
luck. One option would be  to cut off the 5/8" spline and weld on a 3/4" 
one from one of my parts cars. I  also have a solid shaft with the larger 
spline but don't know what year car it  came from and whether it will be a 
direct exchange with the Bugeye shaft. Any  experience here?

The way things have been going, I'm reluctant to start  any new projects 
with the fear that they will turn bad. Any experiences or  suggestions will be 
most welcome.

Bob  Spruck

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