Steering wheel

[Dana Norby]

JD tractor, shiny coating is mostly gone off of my steering wheel and I get black all over my hands. Is there anything I can do or do I need to replace? Thanks

 

[Rich'sToys]

On my older tractors I wipe the wheel down good and spray it with black rattle can paint. You may have to mask the spokes off, and/or throw a rag over anything you don't want overspray to get on.

 

[Check Break]

Replace it. This site sells steering wheels for a reasonable price. The hardest part is taking it off. Use a little anti seize going back in case you want to remove it some day.

 

[Leroy]

Unless it is bent or pieces missing just do the black paint.

 

[Fred Werring]

I used to put these on my cars in the 70's to make them go faster

Got one on one of my 5000's now because of what you described

steering wheel cover

 

[rrlund]

Use it until you wear it smooth again.

 

[drummer481]

Hey Fred, I put a 10" steering wheel on my 1970 Nova SS to make it go faster.........seemed to work, I never got beat.

 

[moresmoke]

It will polish up with use. I have also had good luck coating steering wheels with plasti-dip. Usually after filling any cracks with JB weld.

 

[GordoSD]

Cheap brown jersey gloves.

 

[Two Dogs]

I capped mine with bicycle handlebar tape many years ago. Still there. TDF

 

[504]

Clear coat, spray cans. Give it three or four coats

 

[DoubleO7]

Once the shine disappears the exposed plastic oxidizes, which is what comes off and gets your hands black.

I have scrubbed the heck out of my black steering wheel with a couple of grades of steel wool. Fine wool last, then applied old fashioned hard floor wax to it. Let dry good and then rub it down some to shine a bit.

 

[DoubleO7]

Once the shine disappears the exposed plastic oxidizes, which is what comes off and gets your hands black.

I have scrubbed the heck out of my black steering wheel with a couple of grades of steel wool. Fine wool last, then applied old fashioned hard floor wax to it. Let dry good and then rub it down some to shine a bit.

 

[Fred Werring]

(quoted from post at 14:09:02 09/18/22) Hey Fred, I put a 10" steering wheel on my 1970 Nova SS to make it go faster.........seemed to work, I never got beat.

Has to be the weight reduction of the smaller steering wheel that made it faster....really

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 19:58:01 09/17/22)
Replace it. This site sells steering wheels for a reasonable price. The hardest part is taking it off. Use a little anti seize going back in case you want to remove it some day.

New aftermarket steering wheels degrade quickly.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 18:55:07 09/17/22) JD tractor, shiny coating is mostly gone off of my steering wheel and I get black all over my hands. Is there anything I can do or do I need to replace? Thanks

Wash your hands when you're done or wear gloves.

I remember my hands getting black after running a tractor for a few hours back when I was younger, but it doesn't happen now. Apparently the stuff that comes off on your hands eventually wears off entirely.

New steering wheels will be making your hands black in no time because they're nowhere near as good quality as the originals. I only consider replacing wheels if they're in really rough shape.

 

[Check Break]

(quoted from post at 05:57:23 09/21/22)

(quoted from post at 19:58:01 09/17/22)
Replace it. This site sells steering wheels for a reasonable price. The hardest part is taking it off. Use a little anti seize going back in case you want to remove it some day.

New aftermarket steering wheels degrade quickly.

Yes. It's getting hard to get more than 30 years out of them these days.