Steering wheel spacers?

[GlenH]

Being pretty tall I have to have the seat as far back as it will go in my 172, but my knees hit the steering wheel, even when it is tilted up as far as it will go (are these cars made for childen? ).

Ideally there would be some reach adjustment on the wheel to bring it towards me away from my knees, but of course there isn't. Is it possible to adjust the position of the wheel using spacers? I know aftermarket wheels can be better in this respect, but I don't really want to lose the airbag.

 

[Adam.]

Quite a few of the people who track their cars have fitted spacers between the steering column and where it mounts under the instrument cluster.

 

[5678]

Quite a few of the people who track their cars have fitted spacers between the steering column and where it mounts under the instrument cluster.

Do you know of any threads about this? I've searched but no luck.

 

[Adam.]

Chrispy.clio's :

 

[GlenH]

Not sure that's quite what I was aiming for in my commuting to work car!

 

[Adam.]

You will still be able to space it a bit then put the dash back together.

 

[5678]

Not sure that's quite what I was aiming for in my commuting to work car!

Just what I was thinking!

Is there anything available to do this or is it a case of getting something machined?

 

[mr.pink87]

Chrispy.clio's :

Surely this will not help in your situation as it drops the column further down. Only option to bring the steering wheel closer to you is dished wheel or an aftermarket wheel and spacer.

 

[Adam.]

My bad. I misinterpreted the op.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Ive not seen any for the original wheel, cant really see how it would work as its a spline fitment. Unless you could get something made with a male and female spline on it.

 

[Meek_racing]

It has been done Chip, I can't find the bloody thread though The chap that bought my Momo Boss fitted it to his standard wheel. I think he simply centered them up and drilled through to pick up on the fixing holes.

 

[bozothenutter]

Wold love to find out about this...just a few cm's would make a lot of difference..and i'm tiny!

 

[Meek_racing]

Wrong forum to post about your personal problems

 

[ben lee]

op would lowering your seat help? think theres 4 spacers you can remove under the seat to lower it?

 

[GlenH]

Yeah, I'm going to try that first as it sounds a lot easier!
Would still be good to be able to fine tune the wheel position though.

 

[bozothenutter]

there was a thread the other day of a guy that had problems refitting his wheel...it stuck out a few cm's and wouldn't budge...if you could refit all the interior gubbins with the wheel in that position.........

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...oving-sterling-wheel&highlight=steering+wheel

 

[JayKeeng]

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