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RE: Steering wheel splining - Ruairidh Dunford - 20-08-2019
Ali Sutherland did the exact modification to a deep dish steering wheel casting from John Barlow in the same way you describe Bill. I can put you in touch with him if you like - the process was simple and worked well.
RE: Steering wheel splining - AllAlloyCup - 20-08-2019
Hi Ruairidh
That would be an ideal contact , I met Ali at Guildtown and
there wasn’t much about Austin 7’s he didn’t know.
Please txt me or email his details.( or just send my details to him?)
Regards
Bill G
RE: Steering wheel splining - Ruairidh Dunford - 20-08-2019
Ali is a phone man - will get his number to you.
RE: Steering wheel splining - Hedd_Jones - 20-08-2019
Not as nice visually (actually very yuk indeed). But a Ruby wheel will give you most of the 'dish' you need, and comes with a suitable spline.
I recoln it would get you back on the road PDQ as bugger all cost.
RE: Steering wheel splining - Keith Dobinson - 20-08-2019
hey all. I did one 20 years ago with a drill press and dividing head, Just make a tool the shape of the spline, fit to the drill press, and cut it by hand. Might take a few hours but you will get there eventually.
Keith Dobinson
RE: Steering wheel splining - dickie65 - 20-08-2019
There are new Type 65 and Nippy steering wheels being made so the tooling is out there.
contact Willie McKenzie
RE: Steering wheel splining - AustinWood - 21-08-2019
I used an unmachined casting for the steering wheel boss of my Nippy. My local machine shop cut the spines for me. They used the technique described by Keith. Broaching is needed for producing large numbers but requires capital investment.
It worked well.
RE: Steering wheel splining - Chris KC - 21-08-2019
A broach is little more than a tapered spline with periodic grooves for chip removal - much like a thread chaser. As long as the spline material is harder than the material being cut I would have thought it could be done using an old spline suitably modified and a fly press.
RE: Steering wheel splining - AllAlloyCup - 21-08-2019
Hi Chris
That’s our current thinking , modifying an old column
To a short version of a professional broach, plus
Hardening it and using a hydraulic press.
Regards
Bill G
RE: Steering wheel splining - Amilcar John - 21-08-2019
Aren't the early columns (for the deep dish wheel) shorter than the splined columns? You may end up with the wheel rim rather close to you. I would agree with Tony's suggestion which shortens the column and removes the spline problem.
John