SteveSpit Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Hi guys I was wondering if anyone cold recommend the best place to buy a steering wheel boss for my '78 spit, I've been bought a truly gorgeous wood rimmed wheel for Xmas, sadly the boss on it is a splined one where as my rack has the square locating lug and the threaded spline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 all the spits I have played with have had normal splines - can you post a pic of your square lug - I don't understand :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS211083 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Yep post a pic.....Pic's will make all clear!!!!Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainzy Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 http://triumphspitfire.rickbaines.com/changing-steering-wheels-on-a-1977-78-spitfire/^ that post might be of use to you.I had the same steering wheel with the square locating lug. You need to remove that original alloy boss to see the splines, but once you do then you will face problems with getting the new Moto-lita boss to go on due to the narrow opening of the column surround. The solution is to carefully dremel away part of the column shroud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 or pull the inner column up a little! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveSpit Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 well had another look today and managed to pop the square nugget bit off which exposed the splines, go the new wheel on and the shroud fits no problem. On closer inspection though I think I'm going to need to put some spacers at the back of the wheel as if I push against the wheel it pushes back on the column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveKent Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 make sure the lower column joint and collapsible sliding thingy is set right first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveSpit Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 xyv wrote:make sure the lower column joint and collapsible sliding thingy is set right first.my first spit so sadly I'm at a loss as to the bits you mean. How do I know if these are set correctly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/spitfire1500wheelandcolumns.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/spitfire1500.html&category=steering&xsl=diagram.xsl#diagramSlidey bit down by your pedals. Don't under the large nuts with grub screws.Lower column joint by the steering rack under the bonnet.If it's the same as a Herald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveSpit Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 and how do I know if it's set right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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