66 thunderbird steering wheel8/16/2023 ![]() ![]() As a third alternative go with 15" wheels. I haven't thought about it but the Mustang style steel wheels my also fit with disc brakes. the later possibly 60s wheels and the 70s wheels are different from the 65 or so factory wheels to fit cars when disc brakes became the norm. I do not remeber what year Ford changed their wheels to accommodate disc brakes As I said I Have Granada wheels on my wagon. I use an aftermarket wheel spacer to clear the calipers. I have a disc brake conversion on my 1957 Thunderbird. I have Granada brakes on my 1957 Ranch Wagon. If you are looking for steel wheels then a wheel that was manufactured for cars with disc brakes will likely fit. If you have factory disc brakes this should be quite doable. They should be able to remove a front wheel and test fit the wheels of your choice before you buy them. ![]() Try going to a shop that specializes in aftermarket wheels. If you even go big, like bigger that 15" there should be no problem in clearance. I did have to slightly grind off the caliper surfaces to clear the vintage jelly bean aftermaret wheels. the face plate/grille clamps the speaker to the panel and is actually quite sturdy, providing the lower panel hardboard is not all soft and mushy like most of them.Click to expand.If you have factory disc brakes this should be quite doable. Spade connectors?Īnd, as you surmised the door speakers do mount to the door panels. Can't remember how the horn wires connected to the buttons. If the nut will not bottom on the steering wheel, I would look for damaged threads at the lower part of the threads, shaft, or, whoever installed the after-market wheel modified it and buggered it up! In any event, I do not see why you cannot put a washer under the nut, as long as the steering wheel does not bind on the column housing. I looked on my wiring diagram drawing and shop manual drawings, and neither of them show or mention a washer. I have had the steering wheel off the first one, (horn buttons) and do not remember a washer between the wheel and nut. I have owned 2 "66's, the first with the standard steering wheel with a horn button on either spoke, and one now with cruise control, (uses a semi-circular horn ring.) If that's the case, sounds kind of flimsy. speaker grill bolted to the speaker with the door panel sandwiched in between and then the whole assembly mounted to the door through the bits and pieces that hold the door cards to the door. Is there some type of spring arrangement that goes between the wheel hub and the hub in the column for the horn contacts? Right now I've got the 4 wires (2 per side) that run from the horn levers to the hub and presumably bolt to the steering wheel hub but don't know what happens between the steering wheel hub and the hub in the column to make the necessary contacts.Īlso, do the door speakers on cars so equipped mount to the door or do they just bolt on to the door panels i.e. Can someone give me details on how the original steering wheel is mounted? Is there supposed to be a washer between the nut and the steering wheel hub? (mine won't tighten up without a washer so I don't know, if there's not supposed to be a washer, what takes up the slack so the wheel hub fits tightly). My '66 came with after market steering wheel with remote horn button mounted below the dash.
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