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    Small steering wheel

    There seems to be a problem with installing a new small steering wheel on an original steering column, in that it leaves a big gap.
    I don't currently have one of the small wheels, and haven't even seen one up close, so does anybody know if something on the bottom of the new wheel can be machined off to close the gap.


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    I have a Grant small wheel, one they carry at most auto parts stores and it doesn't have a gap like that. Hard to see in the pic, but if that is the part that gets narrow and the wheel bolts. Here is a link, I'm talking about the black part in this link. It has to have a gap since it turns with the wheel, but the gap on mine is much smaller.
    https://www.autozone.com/steering-wh...kit/792549_0_0
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    Sorry, I guess I didn't make it clear what kind of wheel, its the original looking small wheel.

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    Hi Lee,
    Maybe these images of my small stock wheel help. I don't see that there is anything to machine off to close the gap.

    The column in your pic is completely stock (not shortened)?
    Regards, Doug
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    Isn't the stock column housing adjustable relative the the steering shaft on these cars? I thought you could loosen the firewall and dash clamps and move the outside of the column around a little.
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    Thanks Doug, that is helpful. I stole the picture off the internet to show the gap, and all the other ones I've seen are about the same. I called East Coast Chevy and they said that is the way it is with that wheel and an original steering column. I was hoping someone had some good news about it.

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    Since the column is attached to the body, and the steering box and shaft are attached to the frame, how did the factory take care of the variability in alignment between the body and frame? From what I can tell the body can move around 3/8" or more.
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    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


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    I don't have a new small wheel to check, all I know is what I have heard and seen in pictures. The center part might be smaller, is all that I can think of.

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    It would be easy enough to measure and compare the back side of the hub if you had a stock wheel and one of those small wheels on hand. Thing is knowing it's different may or may not tell you whether you can fix it if it's different.

    If it is different, that would be a failed job of making a Chinese copy, right?

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