1971 MGB GT - Original steering wheel reinstated - see page 29

[Peter C]

For years I've been suffering with a sore right shoulder. I did something silly a couple of weeks ago and the main is now more intense. The sore shoulder made driving the MGB, which obviously has no power steering, quite a challenge. 

I therefore decided to replace the smaller and chunkier steering wheel for the much larger but thinner original steering wheel.

I think it looks great. A quick test drive revealed that the steering is now significantly lighter, however the large diameter steering wheel will take some time to get used to.

When I go to Beaulieu in three weeks, I will look out for a steering wheel that is larger than the one I had on before but slightly smaller and chunkier than the original. 

More soon.

 

[tooSavvy]

^ ^ ^ ... I put the Metro wheel on SuziQ [bigger/thinner rim] as NO PAS!

Good on you 👍

🚙💨

[chadders]

11 minutes ago, Peter C said:

For years I've been suffering with a sore right shoulder. I did something silly a couple of weeks ago and the main is now more intense. The sore shoulder made driving the MGB, which obviously has no power steering, quite a challenge. 

I therefore decided to replace the smaller and chunkier steering wheel for the much larger but thinner original steering wheel.

I think it looks great. A quick test drive revealed that the steering is now significantly lighter, however the large diameter steering wheel will take some time to get used to.

When I go to Beaulieu in three weeks, I will look out for a steering wheel that is larger than the one I had on before but slightly smaller and chunkier than the original. 

More soon.

 

These sort of things work well in my experience:

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/en-gb/castor-correction-kit-cobalt-264--858

 

 

[Peter C]

1 minute ago, chadders said:

These sort of things work well in my experience:

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/en-gb/castor-correction-kit-cobalt-264--858

 

 

That looks like a worthy upgrade!

 

[chadders]

I've had them on mine since I had it recommissioned about 3 or 4 years ago.

I haven't noticed any drawbacks such as tramlining, lack of directional stability or whatever.

[Peter C]

3 minutes ago, chadders said:

I've had them on mine since I had it recommissioned about 3 or 4 years ago.

I haven't noticed any drawbacks such as tramlining, lack of directional stability or whatever.

Is the steering significantly lighter?

[Bmwdumptruck]

Wish I had room here to get mine out of it’s slumber in the council lock up over the other side of town , so I could maybe get it recommissioned.  Although it’s been sleeping a hell of a long time , I’ve no idea what state it’s ended up in.  It’s not been out of it’s lockup since 2007😱🤦‍♂️🙄

[chadders]

31 minutes ago, Peter C said:

Is the steering significantly lighter?

Yes. I can't quantify exactly how much as it was off the road for about 4 years whilst I tried to get someone to fit new sills and these were fitted as part of the work package. It's certainly a lot easier to turn around on the drive though, about par with my power steering equipped VW T2.

[Sunny Jim]

Hope you manage to get your shoulder sorted - I ended up needing surgery on mine and although recovering to full strength is likely to take six months, three months post op and I'm largely pain free.

[Matty]

2 hours ago, Peter C said:

For years I've been suffering with a sore right shoulder. I did something silly a couple of weeks ago and the main is now more intense. The sore shoulder made driving the MGB, which obviously has no power steering, quite a challenge. 

I therefore decided to replace the smaller and chunkier steering wheel for the much larger but thinner original steering wheel.

I think it looks great. A quick test drive revealed that the steering is now significantly lighter, however the large diameter steering wheel will take some time to get used to.

When I go to Beaulieu in three weeks, I will look out for a steering wheel that is larger than the one I had on before but slightly smaller and chunkier than the original. 

More soon.

 

Massive hypocrite here as I've a Moto Lita on my Austin, but if the original had looked half as good as that MG wheel Id've left it well alone 😍 

[Peter C]

17 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

Hope you manage to get your shoulder sorted - I ended up needing surgery on mine and although recovering to full strength is likely to take six months, three months post op and I'm largely pain free.

Over the past 8 years or so, I’ve had:

Advice from 5 different consultants.

6 MRI scans.

2 steroid injections.

10 sessions with a physiotherapist.

1 operation.

Thank you BUPA for funding my treatment but my shoulder still fucking hurts.