Deteriorating steering wheel
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Topic: Deteriorating steering wheel
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Subject: Deteriorating steering wheel
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2026 at 9:45pm
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My original steering wheel on my WD turns my hands black when you use it. Is there anything a person can use to keep it from doing so ? |
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2026 at 10:29pm
| A heavy coat of black paint. |
Posted By: 8070nc
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2026 at 10:31pm
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Thats a good question. The only thing i can think of is a polyurethane paint like they put on wooden tables. You arent the first one ti have this trouble maybe somebody has a better idea ------------- 1984 80780 1957 D14 DES 300 with 25000 engine 616 tractor |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2026 at 10:45pm
| i spray paint them with rustolium black satin then i spray them agin and agin them old steeering wheels will soak up a lot of paint but it will make it look shiny and new looking and no more black hands , i also fill the cracks with spot putty because it sands easy but it does shrink bad so you have to do more coats regular bondo workks good also just a litttle harder to hand sand |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 7:14am
| I had one of my pulling tractors steering wheel wrapped in black electrical tape (good quality 3M) in a spirol. The whole wheel was covered and no black hands and hides the cracks. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 9:20am
| Keeping out of the sun helps.... |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 11:43am
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Some use an epoxy filler then finish it. Here’s a 2-3 min video of it. Note the prep work to clean/widen any existing cracks so epoxy has a better chance to adhere & restore older fatigued areas. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2fkiGXsiSs4&pp=ygUhT2xkIHRyYWN0b3Igc3RlZXJpbmcgd2hlZWwgcmVwYWly" rel="nofollow - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2fkiGXsiSs4&pp=ygUhT2xkIHRyYWN0b3Igc3RlZXJpbmcgd2hlZWwgcmVwYWly |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 3:03pm
Electrical tape might work until you're raking hay on a 100 degree+ day and the glue on the tape starts melting. Quality paint would be the better option in the long run, why set yourself up for a bigger mess later? ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
DrAllis wrote:Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 4:43pm
| Another "not correct" and lazy approach is to simply use a steering wheel cover and lace it onto the wheel. Works ok unless your wheel is getting extreme use. Can't even imagine the process to remove & replace existing wheel. |
Posted By: dfwallis
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 4:53pm
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I epoxied mine then used black spray paint. That wasn't holding up well so I switched to Rustoleum spray on bed liner. That stuff is holding up really well and I like the resulting appearance. ------------- 1952 CA13092, CA Pickup Plow, CA Cultivator, CA Two Row Planter, Dunham-Lehr GC78 Disc, Grader Blade, 3pt Fm180 Finish Mower |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 8:42pm
| new wheels arnt that expensive for a wd , just drill out the pin and pull it off with a puller |
Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2026 at 9:52pm
| Wear a tight-fitting pair of goatskin gloves (baling gloves). If you are baling or cultivating you may need the hand protection anyway! Problem solved. |