Steering wheel Boss... UPDATE

[Sam340]

I am currently looking at 2nd hand steering wheels , i have one in mind.. it is a sparco one which comes with a clio boss......Obviously this wont fit!!

Are 300 series bosses available or is it possible to fit a boss origionally designed for another car?


the steering wheels im lok ing at have the standard 6 bolt fitting



Cheers

[classicswede]

What PCD are the bolts on the wheel you are looking at?

[Ali]

I'm not 100% sure but I think it'll be wrong, i've got a snap off boss that was listed for omp, sparco wheels etc, and it took a little *adapting* to get it to fit as the pcd was nowhere near the same, a mate also just bought a boss for his 200sx which said it'd fit sparco too and that was the smaller pcd. I think a 400 series boss will fit but you'll have to bodge the horn onto a button or something, i've done that with mine anyway and passes the MOT fine. I know most Mountney and Astrali wheels fit the large pcd boss

[Fuse]

Luisi boss has the same 6-bolt pattern as the Momo has. Same which R-Sport wheels have etc.. Many Sparco and OMP wheels have the same pattern too.

Though there are variations of that 6-bolt pattern I've heard, but it's the most common one I guess.

I have a Luisi boss with my R-Sport wheel. Cost ~45€

[Sam340]

This is the wheel I was looking at.......




Has a 6 bolt pattern .. unsure of PCD though

So you reckon a 440 one will fit maybe.. dont mind having a seperately mounted horn....

I imagine even a 440/460 boss is hard to find these days!

[Ali]

From looking at that i'd guess thats the smaller PCD, this is mine with the bodge I did (bolted wheel to plate then plate to snap off boss) so you can see the two different sizes there, also only had 4 bolts the right size for the smaller one

[Bilbo]

mine is a mountney with home made/bodge horn push:

[classicswede]

The 400 series boss will fit but you need to change the bit that cancels the indicators. Also the wiring is different for the horn. On a 300 you have two track with sprung contacts. The 400 only has one and the earth is through the spline so that also needs changing.

[IvanAE86]

Some of the 360 cup guys use peugeot 205 hubs, seems to work (no horn button either though). Sadly I cant even find one of those at a price that is fitting for my shitter, have a steering wheel waiting for over a year already..

[classicswede]

The 205 hub sounds interesting.

I would love to get hold of one to see if it can be made to fit correctly.

[Sam340]

Hmm as you say Dai... Interesting...

I would have thought that 205 hubs are easyish to get hold of as they are used a lot in stock hatch and stock hatch rallycross etc....

Will see if i can locate a cheapish one somewhere!

[Bilbo]

i know a few people with 205's,next time i see them i will ask if i can try it out. maybe a fews weeks though, unless when my bro comes back from scotland he can ring as i dont know their phone numbers!

[redline]

the redline had a proper volvo 300 astrali boss that I picked up from ebay , they do come up from time to time ,
anyway Dave (Deblingblinghaveanotherburgerkay) has got it in his car now so he could check it out if anyone needs the number

[redline]

found it

the markings on my boss for my 1989 1.7 340
are patent number 2022764 and reg des appn 985548

the astrali boss kit i had was a perfect fit its part number is AW159E and the box is marked volvo300 series sept '79 onwards

hope this helps

[stevenc75]

A quick search of the interwebnetthingy revealed this:

A 340/360 steering wheel boss kit for £22.99.

http://www.toys4cars.co.uk/index.php?ma ... s_id=10938