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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Membrane on December 01, 2006, 16:39:21

Title: metro steering wheel
Post by: Membrane on December 01, 2006, 16:39:21

I have a metro steering wheel any ideas how to fit it to a 1988 Defender 90

Title: metro steering wheel
Post by: V8MoneyPit on December 01, 2006, 16:43:26

I'm not sure they are the same spline are they? If not, you can't do it.

Title: metro steering wheel
Post by: bezzabsa on December 01, 2006, 16:46:33

ROVER metro may fit - Austin Metro ones fit the Series landies

Title: Steering wheel
Post by: Membrane on December 01, 2006, 17:08:34

The spline is wrong but I hjave a copy of LRO Sept 2005 and a guy has fitted the same wheel but doesnt explain how he achieved it

Title: metro steering wheel
Post by: V8MoneyPit on December 01, 2006, 17:30:22

Hmm. Was it on a similar age LR? It is possible that the Metro wheels look similar at different ages too.

Without re-machining the centre of the wheel, i can't imagine how it can be done.

Title: steering wheel
Post by: Membrane on December 01, 2006, 17:39:48

Think you are right my rover is 1988 his is about 1994

Title: metro steering wheel
Post by: Mudmonkey on December 01, 2006, 17:54:00

I think the metro wheels only fit TDIs and non-station wagons.
Put simply they only fit steering column with this type of wheel
(http://www.web-rover.co.uk/images/articles/steer_tdi.jpg)
See here (http://www.web-rover.co.uk/nav.php?p=articles/steeringwheels) for more details.