RJ58 Rattle Can Special

[Horse Play 393]

Also received a new, reproduction Cub Cadet steering wheel that will be modified to work on the RJ. 

[WHX?? 46,693]

Got a  to those wheels Horse Play? Are they the ones with the splines inside? 

 

Like this? 

https://www.steinertractor.com/GTS002-Steering-Wheel

Edited December 31, 2019 by WHX24

[ACman 7,505]

15 minutes ago, WHX24 said:

Got a  to those wheels Horse Play? Are they the ones with the splines inside? 

 

Like this? 

https://www.steinertractor.com/GTS002-Steering-Wheel

Jim those are the ones far as I know ....  

[Lane Ranger 10,472]

11 hours ago, Horse Play said:

Also received a new, reproduction Cub Cadet steering wheel that will be modified to work on the RJ. 

 

I used one of these and it turned out great!

 

 

[Horse Play 393]

Sorry for the late response... working night shift and remodeling the kitchen/living room for the wife.  

 

Yes, it is the same Cub wheel as posted above.  The Cub hub is 11/16" 40-spline on the top half.  But the bottom-half of the hub is a plain 3/4" diameter.  I am going to have a local machine shop drill out the splines to a 3/4" diameter and also drill a roll pin hole. 

[oliver2-44 8,836]

On 7/8/2019 at 5:27 PM, Horse Play said:

Tomorrow I will be doing the tank straps with some 3M Panel Adhesive.  

@Horse Play What 3M panel adhesive did you use?  I went to the auto supply and they had several 3M adhesive products.

 

[tom2p 2,393]

On 7/9/2019 at 8:31 PM, Horse Play said:

Too late, I already glued them in at 8:00am this morning; so we shall see...

 

I worked at a Ford dealership body shop and this stuff was amazing.  We replaced a damaged bed side on a F-150; a few months later the same bed side was hit again and had to replace the bed side and that adhesive was some powerful stuff. 

 

last time I talked to my body shop friends - they were using adhesives almost exclusively to install panels on cars - including door skins and rear quarters

 

adhesives - instead of panel spot and / or braze 

 

new cars ... vintage / muscle cars ... etc 

 

customer cars - and their own cars 

 

 

adhesives have been used extensively in the aerospace and aviation industry for years 

 

 

[Horse Play 393]

Sorry, I do not remember what exact type  - all I remember it was a 3M panel adhesive.  My buddy let me use a tube from his body shop one day.  It was the commercial, two-part stuff that needs a mixer tip.

Edited January 8, 2020 by Horse Play

[Horse Play 393]

It appears the machine shop did a goo job on drilling the Cub steering wheel.  It cost me a total of $45; $20 for the drill bit and $25 for the drilling.  I then did had to do a little sanding and scuffing, then resprayed the spokes and hub due to a few nicks at the machine shop.

[Pullstart 59,558]

Nice!  Did you get to keep the drill bit?

[Horse Play 393]

Yup!

[Horse Play 393]

Only a few more small bits left to do.  I still need to track down a belt guard and heat shield.