Dry steering wheel?

[Leroy]

My '51 8N came wit a lace up cover and i like it.

I have JUNKED every one of those covers I got, DANGEROUS, Will not stay in place. And I have just used rattle can black.

 

[cjunrau]

So I have a new project for this winter. A Massey Harris 22. After setting out for a few years, the steering wheel is all dry and leaves your hands black. The wheel is not peerfect but is all there. What would be best to clean it and make it sorta smooth?

I wonder if a heat gun would work. It works to make plastic bumpers look new.

 

[Rich'sToys]

I sprayed one with several coats of gloss black paint. The cracks are still there(but smaller),but no black hands. It has held up well.

I've done that on a couple. They've held up well also.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

My experience with wrapping something with tape is, with use the tape shifts or shrinks, and the old adhesive gets exposed along where the tape wraps overlap. The wheel/handle becomes a sticky mess.

Same deal with duct tape. Covered a 4-wheeler seat with the "sticks to anything, stays stuck" gorilla tape, and after a few hours of riding, the tape started to shift, again exposing adhesive at the seams. Any time I rode the machine, my pants would stick to anything I sat on for the rest of the day. I've got a tractor seat like that right now. There's an old seed bag stuck to the tape until I can take the tractor out of service for a complete seat overhaul.

Paint is on the right track but spray enamel isn't durable and will wear off quickly if you actually use the tractor. Epoxy is forever.

 

[AZ GARY]

I use fiberglass resin it take a few coats to work in and fill the cracks but when done you can smooth it off and then paint with black paint. I have saved several not perfect but usually fitting for old tractors.

 

[Leroy]

I put the 70's style lace-up steering wheel cover on mine.
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I would like to know if you have ever found the secrut to keeping them from moving as you are trying to drive. I never could that is why I junk them as soon as I would get something with them on.

 

[Leroy]

I put the 70's style lace-up steering wheel cover on mine.
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I would like to know if you have ever found the secrut to keeping them from moving as you are trying to drive. I never could that is why I junk them as soon as I would get something with them on.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I put the 70's style lace-up steering wheel cover on mine.
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I've done that a few times too but never left one outdoors like that. gm

 

[Fred Werring]

I've done that a few times too but never left one outdoors like that. gm

Mine are parked under roof

 

[Fred Werring]

I would like to know if you have ever found the secrut to keeping them from moving as you are trying to drive. I never could that is why I junk them as soon as I would get something with them on.

Nope, they'll scoot around some. AND the tractors I have them on have power steering with spinner knobs. I don't have to horse the steering wheel around.