Bill Lewis wrote,
>Andreas
> I recently refurbished the steering wheel on my Series II car.
>The center spline, which is apparently crimped onto the wheel, was
loose.
>I ended up drilling around the periphery of the center spline and
pinning
>the spline to the plate. After fixing this I then turned to
>reconditioning the rotten column. I used a two part epoxy putty called
>Por 15. The stuff was very easy to work with. I mixed it together and
>then pressed it into the cracks. I was able to smooth it out with a
>little water and then sand it smoother after it had dried. I then
painted
>the column and used black dye on the rim of the wheel. It looks pretty
>sharp (if I say so myself). Hopefully you can fix your wheel and not
have
>to replace it.
Sounds good,
I have never used POR 15, but I filled in the pits in my bakelite
steering
column cowl with a 50/50 mix of polyester resin and bondo.
I even used the mixture to recreate a 3/8 inch missing section of the
cowl, and
repaired some cracks in my instrument panel.
The polyester is just to tough to sand out, so adding some bondo, makes
the filler tough, but easy to sand.
I used MEKP for the catylist, which is included with the Polyester
resin.
It drys ready for sanding in about an hour, and is tough as a boot.
Jarrid Gross
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