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Orange Blood 
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 Topic: FActory correct Steerring wheels?
Posted: 30 Nov 2010 at 9:11pm |
Who out there knows where to get the correct color scheme steering wheel for a D-21, the orriginal has cracked and seperated around the hub. The wheel has creme colored spokes/center, and a black wheel with creme accents in the grip depressions. All of the aftermarket ones I see online, are all solid color but claim to be correct?? My D-17 has the same color scheme, and I will need one for it, when I do a restoration on it also.
Thanks in advance.
Anthony
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BurtIA
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010 at 9:33pm |
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It started out as all cream colored, just worn down to the black. Same on the D17.
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DSeries4
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010 at 9:37pm |
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Burt is correct. The cream colour wears off with use. It should be all cream to start with. Many vendors here have them available.
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Jack(Ky)
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010 at 10:25pm |
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I bought a new one but I did not like the finish so I sanded off the coating and made me up some base coat about what I thought the cream should be and then put several coats of clear over it. I really like the "slick" finish and I would recomend this method to really make a nice looking steering wheel.JP
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Orange Blood
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 5:37am |
Thanks guys,
I could have sworn that was factory, I will look again at the spokes where they meet the wheel. Dad drove the thing off the rail car when new, I will have to see if he remembers that far back.
Sure makes it easier to get a new one.
Thanks again,
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:25am |
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We tried to get a white steering wheel for our 17 but could only find the white ones with splines and our 57 D17 basicaly has the 45 steering wheel with a pin. Are all D21's the same in that way.
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Butch(OH)
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:45am |
 Good wrote:
We tried to get a white steering wheel for our 17 but could only find the white ones with splines and our 57 D17 basicaly has the 45 steering wheel with a pin. Are all D21's the same in that way. |
That is because only the later ones came with white steering wheels, about 1961 and when they changed the paint scheme they also changed the mountings to splined with a nut. I am sure you realize that the shape of the wheel is entirely differant too. If you want a white wheel there are two ways to get there, paint on one that fits or a repro splined hub wheel and an afternoon spent with a mill and lathe.
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 8:35am |
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Butch,no I didn't know they were different shapes,but we were going to get the short shaft that is held in the column that has splines. I just think the white wheel adds a little more class to the tractor.
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Calvin Schmidt
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 9:22am |
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There is one more steering wheel. The black bar grill D-10/12/14/17's had a black steering wheel with the diamond or Power steering logo in the center and mounted on a splined steering shaft. In 1961 those steering wheels became cream. I've always been able to find enough grey steering wheels from Gleaner E's to repaint and use on my D series restorations. The early D-14/17's with the orange diamond grill had the WD-45 style steering wheel with the pin.
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Brian Ahart
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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 7:31pm |
Calvin Schmidt wrote:
I've always been able to find enough grey steering wheels from Gleaner E's to repaint and use on my D series restorations. |
Ditto Calvin. One of our parts E's (w/ cab) had a near perfect original steering wheel that I used on my D12 III. The steering gearbox bearings came in handy as well.
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