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Old 03-13-2019, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by if6was9 View Post
MB's of that vintage usually have a splined end of the steering shaft that measures 22mm in diameter. That installation used a 27mm hex nut. Later MB's have a 15mm splined shaft and use a flat head bolt which requires a 10mm Allen tool to remove.

Most of the aftermarket steering wheels bolt to an adapter/stand-off that itself is bolted to the steering shaft. There are different height adapters there are also different diameter wheels. You'd probably want a wheel of a similar diameter to the original if only because the sight line to the instrument cluster will be altered with a different diameter wheel. For instance you might find your turn signal indicators obscured by a non-standard dis wheel.

Lots of Nardi wheels on eBay.
How about Momo steering wheels of the same vintage? Found a mid 80’s one I’m keen on. Hard to get info from sellers sometimes.. but what segments could I ask them to measure? And would adapters be pretty easy to source no matter what measurement I get from them?
Honestly the OEM steering wheel diameter doesn’t sit well with my line of sight of instrument cluster, so I’m open to changing it this way or that!
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