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**Dan in Pasadena** · 04-12-2010, 11:11 AM

An update: The steering wheel repair with JB Stick Weld in the high stress areas is NOT holding up; it has begun to re-crack - DOH!
I know I prepped the wheel correctly: I V-ed out the cracks, blew them clean w/ pressurized air and applied per instructions. The problems are where the hub-to-spoke and the spoke-to-wheel intersections are. I've only driven the truck (other than in and out of the driveway) twice since I did this repair. A 15 mile trip and a 30 mile trip.

So I'm going to re-file the cracked areas and try again with regular 2 part JB Weld, or with the best plastic two part epoxy glue I can find at Home Cheapo or OSH. It turned out the repairs for the dents and dog bites I mentioned have held up fine. Its just the deep cracked areas that aren't up to snuff. Pictures later.

Opinions welcome.

04-12-2010, 11:11 AM	#13
Dan in Pasadena Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora, CA Posts: 6,336	Re: Steering Wheel Restoration An update: The steering wheel repair with JB Stick Weld in the high stress areas is NOT holding up; it has begun to re-crack - DOH! I know I prepped the wheel correctly: I V-ed out the cracks, blew them clean w/ pressurized air and applied per instructions. The problems are where the hub-to-spoke and the spoke-to-wheel intersections are. I've only driven the truck (other than in and out of the driveway) twice since I did this repair. A 15 mile trip and a 30 mile trip. So I'm going to re-file the cracked areas and try again with regular 2 part JB Weld, or with the best plastic two part epoxy glue I can find at Home Cheapo or OSH. It turned out the repairs for the dents and dog bites I mentioned have held up fine. Its just the deep cracked areas that aren't up to snuff. Pictures later. Opinions welcome. Last edited by Dan in Pasadena; 04-12-2010 at 11:14 AM.