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Old 12-06-2022, 08:32 AM   #30
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Re: How bad are the reproduction steering wheel?

I don't know how to climb into a K/20 without using the steering wheel to pull myself up. I can see one doing fine in a garage queen 2wd with a little luck. If you held the repro wheel I had at the upper half and hit the brakes it flexed, you could feel it. I hadn't been driving that truck much at all (had more trucks back then) and never saw a crack until we got a night in the teens. I noticed the wheel had cracked and spread to leave a gap at least 1/8". I could easily see the rod inside to compare to cracked up 40+ year old OEMs. Way undersized. It's not just the anemic structure of the rim. The outer material shrank up. With no other option for OEM look on a fully restored truck I'd use one and try only holding at the sides. Just seems ridiculous to have to relearn driving to accommodate a low quality part someone is making money off of. Pretty much the same money if made right.
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