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<font size="+1"><font face="Arial">Well, it's happened again. I got
myself in a Bugeye bind. <br>
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My new Bugeye came with a beautiful Lempert solid wood steering
wheel. Problem was it was15" in diameter and made it difficult
to get in the car. I bought a 13" leather Mountney wheel and hub
from Mini-Mania and told them that the B</font></font><font
size="+1"><font face="Arial">ugeye shaft has a 5/8" diam spline,
all other years are 3/4" and </font></font><font size="+1"><font
face="Arial">M-M assured me their hub would fit. I </font></font><font
size="+1"><font face="Arial"><font size="+1"><font face="Arial">then
sold the Lempert wheel and hub to a Lister. </font></font>Of
course, when I received the hub, it didn't fit. Now I have a car
with no steering wheel hub but a nice wheel.<br>
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Have any of you replaced a steering wheel on your Bugeye? If
so, where did you get the hub? The Mountney wheel has a center
hole of 3 12" and a six hole bolt circle of 4". I've already
asked 7 Enterprises, Moss, and VB - no luck. One option would be
to cut off the 5/8" spline and weld on a 3/4" one from one of my
parts cars. I also have a solid shaft with the larger spline but
don't know what year car it came from and whether it will be a
direct exchange with the Bugeye shaft. Any experience here?<br>
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The way things have been going, I'm reluctant to start any new
projects with the fear that they will turn bad. Any experiences
or suggestions will be most welcome.<br>
<br>
Bob Spruck<br>
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