To be or not to be repaired?

[babu2001]

Here's a picture of my steering wheel. It began to make noise and I found rapidly the problem :



Is it possible to repair it with a VERY small needle to inject some epoxy? I would like to repair it but if the chances are near zero, I won't waste my time. Personnaly, I don't think it will work. Yeah, you can call me pessimistic...

[So Cal Mark]

I had a customer use dental implant putty to repair one. He sanded and painted it afterwards and it looked perfect

[124cso]

There should be a ring of about 1/4" rod/wire forming the wheel as a base for the synthetic woodlike rim, so a cosmetic repair should not reduce wheel strength.


Is that a leather seat ??

[babu2001]

Since I've checked for replacement and the cost is ... costly. I'll give it a try. The odds are not to good but it's not a big job either. I have to choose between liquid epoxy or Gorilla glue. Gorilla is more liquid and likely to go everywhere. Other suggestion? (I don't have a dentist among my friends... ) And yes, the seats are made from leather. Aren't all Azzura made from leather? These one were blue at first but very well black tainted.

[vandor]

>Aren't all Azzura made from leather?

Yes, but they did not have a wood wheel So likely it was assumed you have an earlier Spider.

[124cso]

Thankyou Vandor for that quip.
Not sure how it should be spelt but "Too-shay" ? Mr bandarras AKA Puss-in-boots would know !


Just realised this is the guy saying he could not turn the wheels while the car stationary (unless he put lots of effort into the wheel) Twang. Ooops !

[onemorespyder]

Gorrilla Glue, while pretty strong, is porous when cured so would make a much more noticable repair. Epoxy to bond the bits back together then a good epoxy based filler would be less noticable I recently bought a 'wood' wheel on EBay for 39.99 that looks great so maybe just a change. You surely should check your steering box and reduce the steering effort before any change or repair so it doesn't happen again!

Regards, Darrell

[baltobernie]

The two-part marine-style epoxy will work in this application. If you mask right up to both sides of the crack, excess epoxy can be removed before it hardens. Testors makes a plastic model jar paint that matches your woodgrain very well. Look in a local hobby shop.

Having said this, the aftermarket wheels are smaller than the "hula hoop" OEM ones. Makes a huge difference in leg comfort. ingress and egress, and the ability to remove the cluster