What’s everyone doing for original steering wheel and blinker?
I bought a Flat four banjo, fibersteel adapter, bus 6 wire blinker from c1P. Literally noting fits. Blinker is too small, my outside diameter is 40mm. The fibersteel steering wheel adapter doesn’t allow enough room for horn button to push on. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
for the turn signal unit you have to mill (or grind) the ID until it fits. This makes the insert clamp piece pretty thin so you have to be careful. The screws that hold the halves together are total crap also, so we take 5mm stainless Alans and turn the head down on the lathe until they fit the grooves, and throw away the 2 screws they send with it.
These T/S units in general are a PITA.
Also, before you get too deep into it, test the functions. Often times I have to rebend the signal arm to allow full movement and I have to modify the terminals inside for better connection, and reshape the dimmer contact so it doesn't make contact when you don't want it to (many of them are so tight they will flash the brights when you put on your signals).
Post a picture of your hub adapter for the flat 4. I've used several over the years but not seen one that interferes with the horn button. Anyway, easiest solution for the flat 4 is the Grant GT 3 bolt hub adapter. Same bolt pattern Grant and Flat 4. You can find them all ver the net sub $50 (Summit Racing usually has them in stock)
EDIT: I don't think the 6 wire has the dimmer built in to the arm like the 8 wire does, so you may not have to worry about the dimmer ground contact tab, but you will have to add a momentary switch for your hi/lo dimmer if its not in the arm.
Sure is good to have Carey answer questions and provide correct tech advice, saves a lot of headaches. :~) I'm still learning ~
Thanks Carey, yeah the 6 wire doesn’t have hi/low. Here’s a picture of the “inside” hub adapter. The shaft is too close for the horn to fit on , not counting the horn wire. I sent fibersteel an email waiting to hear back.
Haven't seen that adapter before. Looking at how it is made, would it be possible to bolt in on from the backside instead of inside? That may buy you enough room... If not, then the Grant will work for you for sure. unfortunately they only come in black, but you can just pop the cover off and spray the cover ivory.
There’s a great color (spray paint) called “antique white” from Ace that is an exact match to the flat 4 banjo in ivory, FYI!
