--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxx> wrote: > The Rambler Mentality! I even have a file on my website about several severe > cases of AMCers afflicted with this: > http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/bodyParts.htm > WARNING: SWAP MEET LANGUAGE!! > > Yes, by all means, buy a repro for $15, I didn't know those had been > reproed, but all I can say is it is about time. Those little steering wheel > spacers have been my bane for decades now. The problem with a used one is > they get brittle from direct sunlight. I have probably tried everything to > glue, weld, you name it, back together and nothing has ever worked. > Hopefully the new ones are fiberglass, who is selling them? > Eddie Stakes > www.planethoustonamx.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "amc74hornet" <AMC74HORNET@xxxx> > Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] The Rambler Mentality > > Everyone knows the plastic spacer between the 3 spoked steering wheel and > steerin column gets brittle and breaks. 4 years ago a friend gave me a 3 > spoke wheel and it had a broken spacer. Being a model builder I have all > sorts of plastic glue's on hand and repaired it. It's still just like new > now. The 73 Hornet "X" wheel I am restoreing for the new Hornet has the same > problem with the spacer. My son said that new repo ones are available for > 15$ buy one!!!!. I spent 2 hours fixing the one I have with materials I > already had, so there's 15$ I don't have to spend on that anyway. With this > car trying to nickle and dime me to death at every turn I got to save every > penny I can. > > "Doc" > > I just asked my son who made the repo spacers, he said Kennedy. I checked their catalog and he was mistaken. He miss took another part for the spacer. Eddie being disabled/retired I have time to repair these little things if I can. There is a 2 part plastic epoxy called the Plastic Welding System I have used sucessfully on all types of interior plastic's. My father always said I fixed things that other people thew away. "Doc"