Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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The spokes go down. Actually, I believe that's the only way in can go, as there's a square register hole on the wheel that goes over a tab on the column.
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Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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Any reason why there is so much promotional material with them up? Even if you could mount it spokes up, all it would take is one drive with them that way. You'd see and feel real quick why the spokes go down.
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Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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08/06/17 04:06 PM
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Even if you could mount it spokes up, all it would take is one drive with them that way. You'd see and feel real quick why the spokes go down.
Currently have it mounted spokes up, seems to drive and function fine. Thumbs have a nice place to rest while driving at 2 and 10. What am I missing? Your statement is a bit ambiguous.
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Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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The wrong way...
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Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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Even if you could mount it spokes up, all it would take is one drive with them that way. You'd see and feel real quick why the spokes go down.
Currently have it mounted spokes up, seems to drive and function fine. Thumbs have a nice place to rest while driving at 2 and 10. What am I missing? Your statement is a bit ambiguous. Didn't mean to sound ambiguous. My 73 Challenger came with your wheel. I drove it that way for a few years, and found the spokes to be comfortable when they are in the correct position, which is down. Personally I never cared for the wheel as far as looks, the thin hard wheel itself, or the large OD of the wheel. Couldn't wait to replace it with a Tuff wheel, which has been on my car for 40 years now. If it's comfortable to you, and you're happy with it spokes up, then by all means leave it that way. However, you asked a question as to the proper orientation of the spokes, and the correct answer is, spokes down. As Burdar mentioned above, your steering coupler is upside down, 180 degrees off. That's the only way it will install with the spokes up. unless you cut another square hole, which I doubt, or you cut the tab off. And as I mentioned above, because of the square hole fitting over the tab on the column collar, it will only fit one way if the coupler is correctly oriented. Spokes down...
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Re: 72 Challenger Steering Wheel Orientation
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Won't be hard to flip it back over. I just rebuilt the Pot Connector and I didn't think of it much when I was putting the column back in and put it in spokes up. I looked at it and thought it looked funny, so I googled and found pictures of it both ways. The ones that really threw me off were these... I assume they may not have straightened the wheel in between shots; but then there is this one as well... Both of these challengers seems to have their wheels pointing ahead and spokes are up as well? http://www.junkyardlife.com/2011/03/1972-dodge-challenger-till-death-do-us.htmlSo that led me to my asking here and my light resistance. We all know how cars can come one way and folks over time change them because something the factory did really didn't make a whole lot of sense and folks have just corrected it over the last 50 years. I'm not saying that is the case in this instance; but I figured this would be the place to ask.
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