Had a non turbo zed in for service and MOT etc. looked in good order until I held the steering wheel and it wobbled left and right and up and down and was not a nice feel when moving about let alone driving on the road. It had an after market Momo wheel and after a few frustrating moments with the ever so small bolts they love to use on steering wheels it took no time to find the problem.

 

 

 

 

The after market boss was just wrong in many ways, it had been made to fit over the splines ( was tight) but the thread on the steering shaft passed though it too far and there was not enough thread to get the wheel tight so a spacer had been fitted and the spacer had broken up and hence the loose wheel. You switched on peeps will probably recognise the spacer used was a round nut off a tap connector !! been brass it had simply shattered under the load and really was dangerous, you have to ask why would some one risk such a thing????

 

 

 

 

So there was also a problem with the indicators not cancelling that was clearly dur to the boss been fitted upside down as can be seen by the gap for the horn push cable been at the near bottom ( red circle) and should be at the top so all in a naff job!! the owner wanted a standard wheel refitting and so all was returned to stock and as to be expected fitted perfectly and no more wobble steering wheel.

 

 

 

Be careful all when something does not quite fit correctly there can be some dire consequences when it concerns steering and brake systems.

 

 

Jeff TT

Scary stuff - thanks for sharing Jeff!!

 

Richard:thumbup:

A lot of people have trouble finding the right boss for a different wheel I remember mine was the wrong one and had to get another that fitted the TT with hicas.