75 280Z Steering Wheel / Hub Help needed.

[HusseinHolland]

I bought a used steering wheel off eBay, listed as applicable to 240/260/280Z, as mine is 'squishy". The listing implied it was a factory wheel, and it appears to be. The problem is it has no hub, and since I'm new to Datsun, I didn't realize that the stock wheel in my 75 is not detachable from it's hub.

So, Can anyone advise me on what hub I need to look for to make this wheel work? Thanks in advance

 

image from listing, it specified without  hub or horn button shown

Edited March 23, 2023 by HusseinHolland

[HusseinHolland]

Still haven't figured this out, so I bought a cheap universal wheel (Nardi/Personal/Momo) Boss kit HUB-N-2 that allowed me to use an old Nardi wheel I had stashed. 

I'll need to find a 48mm Datsun emblem to replace the Abarth emblem. This will do until I figure out a way to use the Datsun wheel.

New dash is here, so that will be on the agenda

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by HusseinHolland

[heyitsrama]

Something like this might work.

https://greenline.jp/catalogue/item.php?category=interior&subcat=Boss Kits&brand=Works+Bell&series=&name=Boss+Kit&carcode=S30&fromlink=2#image4

 

https://www.lonelydrivercompany.ca/products/copy-of-star-road-super-short-boss?_pos=3&_sid=c76b43dfb&_ss=r

[HusseinHolland]

8 hours ago, heyitsrama said:

Something like this might work.

https://greenline.jp/catalogue/item.php?category=interior&subcat=Boss Kits&brand=Works+Bell&series=&name=Boss+Kit&carcode=S30&fromlink=2#image4

 

https://www.lonelydrivercompany.ca/products/copy-of-star-road-super-short-boss?_pos=3&_sid=c76b43dfb&_ss=r

 

Thanks - that's actually the same as what I used to mount the Nardi wheel. The old Datsun wheel I need the hub for has 2 3-bolt mount patterns, one with 6.5mm holes the other with 8mm holes, 48mm bolt spacing

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by HusseinHolland

[Tirnipgreen]

Why not get a correct wheel...?

[HusseinHolland]

16 hours ago, Tirnipgreen said:

Why not get a correct wheel...?

Because I like the one I bought, it's period correct. Still no luck on a hub, so it's a moot point

[Tirnipgreen]

17 hours ago, HusseinHolland said:

Because I like the one I bought, it's period correct. Still no luck on a hub, so it's a moot point

Good enough reason...just trying to suggest another route to get you behind the wheel. All the best...Ryals

[HusseinHolland]

Modified the vintage aftermarket wheel to fit. Cut the hub from the original worn out wheel. The advantage of this is that it will sit further away from me. With my height, the stock wheel is too close to me when the seat is correctly placed for clutch pedal operation. This wheel is shallower.

welded after this - forgot to take pics

added JB weld to fill the minor gapage on the front side

Edited July 13, 2023 by HusseinHolland

[HusseinHolland]

Finished the steering wheel. sanded the epoxy, primed & painted

 

 

reinstalled the horn contacts & pad retaining ring

 

Back in the car