A new three-part sub-assembly! Part 1: Seek and De-construct
May 15, 2009So I was ready to tell you guys that making the steering wheel assembly adjustable in any direction other than forward and back would be too difficult… and then I paid Apex a visit.
I injured my shoulder at work a while ago and am still on a weekly regimen of physical therapy. Every Monday afternoon, I reward myself for getting through an uncomfortable session of physical therapy by going to Apex Electronics just for fun. This particular visit, I found the most amazing and perfect steering wheel mount that I could ever possibly imagine. I believe it used to be a medical device of some sort, though I’m not sure what. Priced by weight, it came to a total of $5 and even came with a great piece of carbon fiber!! Again, I will work it in to the project as it progresses. Along with the medical thing-a-ma-jig I picked up just over 9 feet of aluminum square stock. also $5 by wieght. with the governor invloved, a total of $10.93.
I dismantled the steering wheel mount and found rusty bits (go figure) so I wire brushed them and painted them. I also fit the steering wheel to the boomerang-shaped 3/4″ chunk of aluminum and cleaned and bagged the rest of the hardware.
I’ve also decided how I want the whole assembly to move forward and backward. I will be welding nuts to the underside of the side pod in a row and will use a wing bolt through the cross member holding the wheel. I’ll draw a diagram 
