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Originally Posted by TerryH
Not sure if it is a problem, but with a smaller wheel, you will have less leverage to turn the steering wheel, at least with the stock steering box. Steering will be harder at low speeds....
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Very true however a shortened Pitman arm should help with this issue.
I have often wondered about making a cut-down steering wheel just to see how it would work out. My plan was to take a worn stock wheel and remove all of the Bakelite to expose the metal framework. Then use a ring roller to roll a new smaller diameter handgrip ring and weld to the existing spider.
As far as the wheel is concerned, I was going to draw the new wheel in SolidWorks, and then export the drawing to a CNC Router to have a mould made out of either wood or UMHW where the steering wheel framework can be covered with a resin to surround it mimicking what an original wheel looked like. Then trim the flashing and lightly beadblast to create the Bakelite texture, and my guess is it would fool most people most of the time.
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