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Author: Subject: Where to buy collapsable boss? & Identify the steering wheel plz
Dangle_kt

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:20 PM Reply With Quote
Where to buy collapsable boss? & Identify the steering wheel plz

boss side
boss side


Wheel
Wheel


please can you help identify the following wheel so I can buy the correct collapsable boss, then I could also do with some links to companies that sell afore mentioned boss

Also can anyone give me any pointers on how you would secure handbrake cable to actuation lever on back of drum?

handbrake cabel
handbrake cabel


I'm thinking thin bolt, but is there a proper connector I should be using?

Thanks!

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chrism

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:31 PM Reply With Quote
Going by the size of the bolt spacing it looks like a mountney traditional.
Im not sure if they actually make collapsable bosses for this type.





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twybrow

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:32 PM Reply With Quote
Not sure of the steering wheel, but I have a spare one exactly the same on my shelf! It came in a Moutney box, but I do have other Mountney wheels kicking around.

I have used M4 bolts to connect the cable to the arm. Not on the road yet, but no sign of bending.

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blakep82

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:39 PM Reply With Quote
i'd agree with mountney too.
how many UJs are in your steering system?





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peterparsons

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:48 PM Reply With Quote
I used bolts and nyloc nuts on my handbrake cables - FAILED SVA
He said bolts are not designed for the sideways loading. You need to fit Clevis pins with split pins.

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adithorp

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:48 PM Reply With Quote
The cable should be connected with a Clevis Pin, secured in place with a split pin. Ask your local motor factors. they should have a selection box.

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McLannahan

posted on 12/1/09 at 10:53 PM Reply With Quote
Same wheel as mine too - a Mountney. Just checked mine for markings but not a thing on it! Same wheel though.






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Mark Allanson

posted on 12/1/09 at 11:01 PM Reply With Quote
A Mountney wheel, unfortunately the bosses are of terrible quality, but why not make your own? Rescued attachment Collapsable.jpg
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Dangle_kt

posted on 12/1/09 at 11:40 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i'd agree with mountney too.
how many UJs are in your steering system?


2 uj's, column will pass, but as steering wheel is not a sierra one i need a boss that will deform if i hit it (eg rear shunt)



no time to make one... dam iva!

[Edited on 12/1/09 by Dangle_kt]

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Dangle_kt

posted on 12/1/09 at 11:42 PM Reply With Quote
thanks guys, great info!

anyone know where i can get a collapsable boss?

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blakep82

posted on 12/1/09 at 11:49 PM Reply With Quote
i thought the 2 UJs covered everything needed ? as long as there's a decent angle between them?





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Dangle_kt

posted on 12/1/09 at 11:56 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i thought the 2 UJs covered everything needed ? as long as there's a decent angle between them?


That covers the column, and therefore a frontal impact, this is if for some STUPID reason I got thrown forward INTo the wheel it needs to collapse from that way too.

Daft as I will be wearing a seatbelt and be miles from the wheel (monkey arms)

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blakep82

posted on 13/1/09 at 12:00 AM Reply With Quote
have to say, i never read that from the manual. or is that an IVA thing?





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JeffHs

posted on 13/1/09 at 10:11 AM Reply With Quote
It looks like an old-style Mountney wheel. Collapsible bosses don't fit. I solved the same problem in a hicost way by buying a current collapsible boss and a solid distance piece, both from Europa and drilled the distance piece to suit the different pcd of the wheel and held it all together with csk socket screws.
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Marcus

posted on 13/1/09 at 01:26 PM Reply With Quote
You can get collapsible bosses for Mountney wheels. They're made by Astrali. Picked mine up from an autojumble for a fiver.





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