Star Tech Journal

December 1 997
STAR .... TECH JOURNAL
FOR SERVICE ANO TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Joe
McNicol
•
Jomac
Amusement
Repairs
•
Perth,
Australia
SAVING THOSE OLD DAVTONAISEGA
STEERING WHEELS AND GEARBOXS
DAYTONA GEAR BOXES
STEERING WHEELS
While most people are happy to
just throw the old steering wheels
away, there are some people who
don't like to waste anything.
Look at these pictures for a quick
example of how you can make a
perfectly good hub to use with a
relacement HAPP steering wheel
(part no: 50-8486-00).
You will also need to purchase
the bolts (part no: 95-8030-00)
and the cap to cover bolts (part
no: 50-8487-116).
To start with peel the rubber off
the old wheel, if there is any left
then cut the centre out using an
oxy torch or you could take the
easy way out and take it down to
your local engineering shop and
get them to cut it out for you. It
should measure 65mm across
and you should be left with a flat
bit (see picture) which goes to the
bottom when you fit the new
wheel, then place the new Happ
wheel on top of hub (flat surface)
and mark the 3 holes, drill and
tap to suit the bolts, bolt together
and refit as necessary.
We nomally wait until we have
collected 10 old wheels and get
them done all together.
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While most
people are happy
to just throw the
old steering
wheels away,
there are some
It seems there is hundreds of
these old Daytona gearboxes sit-
ting around taking up space on
work benches everywhere. We
have been able to save a lot of
these with a few modifications.
To start with we always remove
all the screws, drilling out the
holes and fitting new high tensile
bolts with ni-lock nuts, the size
we use is 4mm x 15mm and 4mm
x 25 mm for the stopper blocks.
We also find that we need to weld
around under the top plate, they
normally crack or break because
the old screws have come loose.
We've had new black plastic cov-
ers made at our local marine win-
dows shop out of thin black
Perspex about Imm thick.
people who don't
like to waste any-
thing. 11
We have also found that by cut-
ting the wire ties that hold the
wires close to the switch, it seems
to stop a lot of those switches and
wiring harnesses from breaking.