Mike -
I can verify virtually all larger Austins of the 50s and 60s used basically
the same sized spline shaft. I have my old BJ8 steering wheel on my '52 A90
to prove it (the car is being painted).
I suspect your steering wheel is from a different car - with the smaller
shaft probably from a smaller Austin or small production LBC of the period.
Bluemel made these steering wheels for practically the entire UK car
industry, that means several cars used steering wheels that looked very
similar.
Where did you get your steering wheel? I suspect you will have to purchase
a replacement.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:28 AM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I have a non-adjustable steering wheel that was restored by Koch's here in
> California. While the restoration job was quite satisfactory, there is
> another problem. The splines in the hub of this steering wheel do not fit
> the steering shaft splines of my steering box/shaft. The splines on the
> steering box shaft are a larger OD that the inner diameter of the top of
> the
> splines in the steering wheel hub. What's up with that? Are there no
> standards here, or are there different steering wheels for different years?
> Besides that, the splines are crumbling at one end of the steering wheel
> hub. Is there a fix such as a bushing for this? Or, am I destined to go to
> Moss for a replacement?
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2
> 60 AN5
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