<VV> Grant Steering wheel

[Kent Sullivan]

The shaft does not extend through the adapter, cover, and wheel on my wheel
/ adapter. I will include you on the photos I'm sending to the folks who
requested them.

--Kent
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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Padgett
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:33 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Grant Steering wheel


>By the way, I was not happy with the "beefiness" of the Grant / Clark's 
>adapter; specifically, the way the wheel bolts to the adapter (three 
>small screws; no center shaft with large nut)

Guess I do not understand. The center shaft of the steering column extends
through the adapter, column cover, and wheel (or standdoff on the 1760) and
the center nut and washer clamp  the column cover and the wheel. The center
hole is .75 but the column nut still clamps it. The three bolts (1/4-20) are
more to align the wheel and to keep it from turning on the shafft however
since the shear strength of a 1/4-28 steel screw is around 7000 lbs I doubt
that it will be an issue (if it is you have other problems). If the wheel
has a direct horn, the screws do not even bottom - they are shoulder screws
that allow the horn assembly to "float".

Now for the 1760, the wheel has a 1/2" dish. The other 3" are provided by
the combination of an spacer which is bolted to the hub adapter and the hub
adapter itself. The wheel bolts to the spacer with five #10-32 screws (shear
~4000 lbs. Each.) See http://www.cactus.org/~tbodine/ScrewShear.htm
(these numbers seem about right for slightly hardened steel, ~ 56,000
lbs/in2 ).

More than you wanted to know ?

Padgett



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