3 spoke steering wheel on a 71 or later column

dotcentral · Post by **dotcentral** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:24 pm

Seems like I've read somewhere that the 71+ columns are different at the area where the steering wheel mounts, making it hard to use the earlier 3 spoke columns. Is that true? Any one been able to get it to work and look right?

Post by **FORDification** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:42 pm

All you have to do is grind off the nub on the end of the '71-'72 steering shaft, for horn button clearance.

mjhaltom · Post by **mjhaltom** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:41 pm

Will the horn then work as before?

averagef250 · Post by **averagef250** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:02 pm

Or, If say you're you're a little slow like me and already put the 3 spoke wheel on the '71 column and tighten the nut before you figure out they're different, you can holesaw a hole through the metal plate on the rear of the horn button!

Jake11 · Post by **Jake11** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:34 am

You cut a hole up thru the horn ring? Pic's!

Just gonna put a 67 wheel on my 71 too. I was gonna get the plastic
thing that holds the horn ring on. 7.00$ + 12.00$ S&H. Cute. It would
fit in a envelope. Why is it these "enthusiast" suppliers try to SCxxW
everyone?

DC,hope you read this forum time to time.

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:22 pm

Jake11 wrote:You cut a hole up thru the horn ring? Pic's!

Just gonna put a 67 wheel on my 71 too. I was gonna get the plastic
thing that holds the horn ring on. 7.00$ + 12.00$ S&H. Cute. It would
fit in a envelope. Why is it these "enthusiast" suppliers try to SCxxW
everyone?

DC,hope you read this forum time to time.

Hey would you want to traid that 67 for one out of a 79? I would like to have a 60's style wheel on mine.

Post by **FORDification** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:42 pm

MadMaxetc wrote:Hey would you want to traid that 67 for one out of a 79? I would like to have a 60's style wheel on mine.

The bumpside-era steering wheels won't fit on a '78-'79 column. I tried with a '68 wheel on a tilt column. I don't know if the '73-'77 columns are different though.

Not only does the bumpside wheel have a smaller hub:

...but the bottom of the wheel has some nubs on it that interferes with the column:

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:02 pm

Jake11 wrote:You cut a hole up thru the horn ring? Pic's!

Just gonna put a 67 wheel on my 71 too. I was gonna get the plastic
thing that holds the horn ring on. 7.00$ + 12.00$ S&H. Cute. It would
fit in a envelope. Why is it these "enthusiast" suppliers try to SCxxW
everyone?

DC,hope you read this forum time to time.

jeez man. s&h is killer. through lmc the "horn retainer plate" is 4.95. i could buy it and ship it actual cost if you really want one.

mjhaltom · Post by **mjhaltom** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:55 am

mjhaltom wrote:Will the horn then work as before?

Does someone know this?

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:34 pm

Keith, I have a 67 column and 2 70's style (2 spoke) wheels. I want a 60's style (3 or 4 spoke) to put on.

I thought the 70's took the 2 spoke wheels?

What where the cut off dates?

Post by **FORDification** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:44 pm

You said you wanted to trade for a '79 wheel, I assumed you had a '79 column and wanted to put a bumpside wheel on it, so I was alerting you that it won't swap over. All the wheels from the bumpside era are interchangeable, as long as you grind off the shaft end on the '71-'72 columns before trying to mount an earlier wheel.

cdherman · Post by **cdherman** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:01 pm

What about a 3 spoke 60's steering wheel on a 74 column.

Shaft needs ground off, but will the hubs match and horn still work?

Anyone?

cdeal28078 · Post by **cdeal28078** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:48 am

I tried to put Dotcentral's 3 spoke wheel on to a 73-74 column. Once I tightend it down it bound the steering wheel up where you could'nt turn it.
I looked at everything I could think of but could'nt tell where it was binding at.
He has a 71 style wheel on for right now.
clint

MaxKlinger · Post by **MaxKlinger** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:31 am

Will the steering wheels from any of the Ford passenger cars of the 67-72 era also interchange with the trucks? The wheel on my 72 looks gross and I'm looking for an earlier-style wheel to replace it. Just curious to see if a passenger car wheel from the late '60s was too different.

occupant · Post by **occupant** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:18 pm

I have another possibility to ask about...

1971-1972 column with 1971-1972 wheel. That works. How about the 1971-1972 column with a later model wheel, the one used from 1975 on with downswept spokes, I think they used it through 1991 in the Econoline vans and 1986 in the F-Series pickups. I see a lot of them on vans in junkyards and it's what I put on my '75 Torino when I couldn't stand the duct tape covered stock wheel anymore. That wheel came off a 1989 Econoline.

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