P38A What are the plastic lugs on the back of the steering wheel for?

Montyjohn

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I'm restoring a steering wheel to replace my old tired one.
The one I have has a plastic lug missing as shown in the image.
When I bought it, I was planning on just swapping the whole black back piece from my old wheel, but I can't for the life of me get it off.

Do I need this plastic lug that I'm missing.
If it's for indicator reset, then yes.
If it's just a location guide then surely I can live with out it.

If I do need it, any idea of the round plastic thing comes off?

 

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Montyjohn said:

I'm restoring a steering wheel to replace my old tired one.
The one I have has a plastic lug missing as shown in the image.
When I bought it, I was planning on just swapping the whole black back piece from my old wheel, but I can't for the life of me get it off.

Do I need this plastic lug that I'm missing.
If it's for indicator reset, then yes.
If it's just a location guide then surely I can live with out it.

If I do need it, any idea of the round plastic thing comes off?

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Is it for canceling (can't say disabling because dad said otherwise) @pwood999 the indicators?

 

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Montyjohn

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Mark Piercy said:

Is it for disabling the indicators?

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That's what I assume they are for. Not finished restoring it yet so not pulled the old wheel to confirm.

 

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I would say the indicator cancel, rather than disable !!

 

Mark Piercy

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pwood999 said:

I would say the indicator cancel, rather than disable !!

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Montyjohn

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Mark Piercy said:

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fair

 

Montyjohn

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If anybody has a scrap steering wheel, I'd be grateful if you could try prying the plastic thing off, and tell me whether it popped off, or smashed broke apart.

 

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If its missing can you try making a replacement lug out of a bit of hard plastic plumbing pipe and gluing it on?

 

Montyjohn

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DanClarke said:

If its missing can you try making a replacement lug out of a bit of hard plastic plumbing pipe and gluing it on?

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Last option is to just make one, but what I'll probably do is cut it off the old wheel. That way I can cut off a big chunk of the plastic surround to increase the contact area for gluing.