Re: 1939 Six Steering Wheel upper Bearing

Posted by HH56 On 2017/4/21 12:41:05

If the exterior threads cannot be saved by using a thread repair file or even rethreading, not sure I would trust JB Weld alone in that application. Other than no brakes not much else gets the blood flowing like having a steering wheel come off in your hands as you're going down the road.

Any way to thread the inside of the shaft directly and use a bolt without a helicoil? If no standard US size would work what about metric? If it does come down to needing a helicoil type fix, I think I would use a sleeve type insert rather than a coiled wire type and maybe add a couple of pins thru the shaft and partially into the insert just to have something mechanically solid with more grab along with the JB Weld.