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Guys, I have a HQ GTS steering wheel and would like to fit it to my HT Ute.
I was wondering if anyone has tried this before and how it would be done. I saw a Monaro a while ago and the guy had cut and welded the shaft to fit a HQ wheel. I don’t like the sound of that. So I was thinking of using the top half of a HQ or commodore shaft instead. But before I go buying a lot of shafts I thought I would ask the people in the know.
Or will a HQ collum fit in the HT.
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I will be very interested in the answers you receive on this as I only had that same thought last night.
I have just started planning (in my head) my HT build up and was originally thinking about a repro HT GTS wheel but got to thinking that a HQ GTS on
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HQ GTS wheel looks a treat on the HT, had it sitting on the collum in the car.
I really think the go would be to split a HT shaft and fit a Commodore upper. I tried it with the HQ upper but its too short, were the wheel fits on the shaft by about 20mm..
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Another option is a VN onwards steering wheel, these have the same spline but you would need to adjust the the horn contact. the VR SS wheel is quite nice with a Holden emblenm badge in the centre rather than just embossed in the horn section.
The whee
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There really would not be a problem strength wise with welding the shaft. Any "GOOD" welder who new what they were doing would be able to weld the shaft and there would be no way you would be able to snap it driving.
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do not even think about welding shaft that is a big no no. try getting a custom made ht shaft with hq spline
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Can you think of a good valid reason why it's a "no no"
As a welder myself I know that done properly there would be no physical forces that could break it while in the car. Just look around your own car and see what other parts are on there that HAVE bee |
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The reason I don’t want to weld the shaft is it could make it brittle. I was told this is the case due to the type of steel in the shafts. But hay I am no welder.
I am going to get a Commodore collum and have a go. Will let you know how it pans out.
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simple fact is you should weld anything on steering or suspension.
Do you sign you work...it would make the insurance investigators job a little easier.
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If your saying that a tradesman cant weld anything then you are a stooge mate. Maybe a backyarder with a little cigweld Kmart welder your right.
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Welding on suspension or steering is OK but there are certain engineering principles that must be adhered too.
Most Hot Rod suspension/steering set ups are custom built and that involves welding, but legally you must have the appropriate qualifications
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Did this once to an old HT ute I had . Pulled apart a Torana LH steering shaft , If I remember correctly I pushed the solid part (with spline ) to the bottom of the tube part and had to grind off some lugs that stopped you from pulling the shaft out with |
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I thought this was a good idea, so i had a go. After many hours of trial and error and about four shaft top section later “its done”. Used a LH Torana top section of a steering shaft as suggested. What I did was to have two additional cuts machined int Edited by user Friday, 31 March 2006 5:44:11 AM(UTC)
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hey ht ute as a blacksmith i can tell u that there isnt really a worrie about makeing the steering colum brittle aslong as the tradseman normalizes it after the weld there shouldent b any brittleness left in it as the steering colum is made of 1045 medium
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Don’t get me wrong here, but why would you bother welding a shaft when it’s just as easy if not easier to get two small cuts machined into the shaft.
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it is problly easyer to get the cuts machied it just depends what u preffer i was just saying it is verry possable and safe to weld it
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