Skip to main content

Reply to "Knees hit the steering wheel..."

In the Pantera, its difficult 'cause the wheel doesn't bolt on- it sits on splines & has a metric nut holding it. To do what you want, you'll have to remove the wheel AND upper shaft from the slip-joint, add in a section (and be REAL sure your welder understands this is the steering shaft so no holidays in the weld!) then rebuild. Or, you could convert the wheel to a MOMO or other unit, cut the old wheel splined section off, weld up a 3" dia tubular spacer & bolt or weld the cut-off wheel section on one end & the new steering wheel on the other. This's what I did in 1990 to move the wheel back for my 5'2" wife. 30,000 miles so far. Finally, you could convert using a commercial spacer & cut/lengthen it, or cut the stocker & lengthen it. Note that all these will raise the wheel as well as move it back. Some vendors still stock the kits. FWIW, I also had the stock seats reupholstered in leather for less than those recovered Fieros cost....
×
×
×
×