Yep, that's true craftsmanship. I woulda tossed it too, and looked for a better one myself, but then again I have been known to redo stuff I shoulda tossed , just because it's a challenge to see if I could actually repair it. LoL
Thanks, At the time that was the only steering wheel I had available to move the car around (oh broken ankle too!) and doc said not to move too much so it would heal so the "WIFE" put her foot down and grounded me from working on the body work and welding , money was tight since I was saving up for my motor parts and didn't want to piss off the wife. but I did have the pc-7 and I was bored as all getout. so the wheel got done just cause I was soooooo bored.
if I was (well I am) going to do another one I'll make a Dremmel jig with a sanding drum on it to do the finger grips. that way I can just put the steering wheel flat just like you see it on the car and position it so that all I have to do is slide it forwards and the sanding drum does the work. slide back, rotate it a bit and forwards again. Since doing the finger grips was the worst part of fixing the steering wheel. doing it by hand SUCKS!
I thought of that but the cost(applicator gun and supplies) was a factor. plus have you ever had to sand that stuff? it's horrible unless it's set for months . I worked part time helping a body shop do replacement panels and fell in love with that stuff until I had to sand down an oozing seam. never again waaaaayyyyy too much work for me. I'm lazy, really, really lazy to do that much work again.
thanks I had wanted to update the cars look while redoing it and the wheel (plus forced immobilization from the doc and wife) helped me decide to do it. it went with the speedo refresh
I cheated and waxed the good section ,sprayed with pam anti stick buffed dry a bit and actually mad a bondo "think bubble gum or that old playdough trick" to mimic the shape, slathered some pc-7 on the broken part and slapped on the (again waxed and pam sprayed,but added saran wrap over that since I was still a bit chicken it would stick) bondo mold for a good shape like the other side of the wheel. clamped it tight and waited (seemed like forever but was only a day) till the pc-7 cured,BTW it glues just fine holding the horn section together on mine (3rd year and counting , no cracks now checking and it's in Florida sun 12-16 hours a day) but if you really need a "hot" glue as in fast look into H-6 https://www.amazon.com/RH-Adhesives...ocphy=9012092&hvtargid=pla-313565211053&psc=1. it's a fast vinyl glue (well vinyl is pvc so it counts for me.) I've used it a lot if I can't get shavings and melt the plastic in an acetone slurry , that does work best if it'll melt your steering wheel plastic (the acetone and plastic melted into it I mean)
