jos
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 03:18 PM |
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Quick release steering wheels
I'm looking to replace my sierra steering wheel with a quick release job. Ive got an 11" mountey steering wheel to replace it with, but I
was thinking of replacing that with a quick release steering wheel.
Can I use an adaptor boss to reuse my mountney job or do i need to but a hub/boss & steering wheel.
If so , what have people used with a sierra column??
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andyace
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 03:29 PM |
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See http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=31542
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spaximus
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 03:29 PM |
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What wheel do you have? if it is a normal Mountney M wheel with the six holes about 2.5 inches diameter then I have a Quick release hub for £30 that
will fit. Basically your normal hub fits on to the clouum and this fits between the wheel and the hub. Just one point you cannot use this for SVA as
they do not allow quick release wheels on test. It has a pull release up towards you.
Jeff
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MikeR
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 04:04 PM |
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is it splined or hex quick release? if spline, i'm interested in it.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 04:12 PM |
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Mac#1 sell a QR release hub that you can use after SVA.
ive got one of those fancy expensive jobbies for after SVA. They seem to have a more positive location that the hex drive ones - i dont like the
backlash of the basic ones.
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spaximus
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 04:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
is it splined or hex quick release? if spline, i'm interested in it.
I actually have two one is a wilwood which is a high quality weld on hex job, this has no play as the quality is top notch as you would expect from
Wilwood, the other is one which fits between your bolt on hub, ie the bit that is bolted to your steering column, and the steering wheel. When it is
detached there is one part bolted to your wheel the other half is left bolted on the hub.
HTH Jeff
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dutchsuperseven
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 05:58 PM |
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I used the "Snap-off" from Raid.
Perfect system. You don't have to modify your shaft an bolts on to your boss.
Sold by Mountney
Greets, Rob
[Edited on 4/11/05 by dutchsuperseven]
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dutchsuperseven
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 06:04 PM |
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Better picture.
 
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JAG
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 07:18 PM |
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I've got a splined stub welded onto the Sierra steering column and a really sexy looking aluminium quick release hub (anodised Gold) bolted to
my steering wheel.
It cost me £75 + £4p+p from a guy called 'KeithC' he posts on here.
I did the welding myself using some common sense and a 100amp MIG welder and it's absolutely solid and runs very true - just take a bit of care
when attaching it.
Justin
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richardR1
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 07:36 PM |
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I have the raid system as in dutchsuperseven's picture. It is lockable to prevent accidental removal and went through SVA no problem.
MK Owners Club Member 1015
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 4/11/05 at 09:04 PM |
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I got one of these for about £30 from one of the two UK dealers listed on the
Rebco website, Randall Motorsport I think (I picked it up at the Autosport show so cant
remember exactly)
Quality is every bit as good as the £100 ones you get from Demon Tweeks etc, the only omission is that it doesnt have a blind spline meaning you can
put the wheel on at the wrong angle, although just park straight and put it back on straight and its fine, you can always put a mark on the column to
double check.
Chris
[Edited on 4/11/05 by ChrisGamlin]
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locoboy
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 09:50 AM |
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Mark,
That just looks like the end of a CV joint, how is it positively secured? from the picture it looks like with a good tug it would come off 
ATB
Locoboy
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 01:16 PM |
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Mark, or Chris? 
If its the QR boss I linked to that you're referring to, it works in exactly the same way as all the other decent bosses work (SPA, Racetech,
Sparco etc).
Looking at my original image, there are ball bearings inside the outer splines which are locked in place when the black collar is in its resting
position (sprung loaded). When putting the wheel on or off you pull the black collar which frees up the ball bearings, as you push the outer across
the inner splines, the ball bearing are able to move out of the way of the splines to allow the wheel to be attached or taken off. Once the outer
collar is released, the bearings are held in place and forced into sitting in the radial groove on the inner splines, there is no way the ball
bearings can move with the collar released, so there is no way the splines can pass back past the balls, so there is no way the wheel can become
detached.
cheers
Chris
[Edited on 7/11/05 by ChrisGamlin]
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