Steering Wheel Replacement

[balex]

Good afternoon,

I am in the middle of replacing my aftermarket steering wheel with another aftermarket steering wheel. The PO had installed a Grant that was too small and ugly for me. I found a new one that I liked from Wild Horses. I bought the wheel and new adapter for my '69.

With that being said, I was able to pull the old Grant adapter off, and slide the new WH adapter on. But I noticed the contact for the horn does not reach the spring posts. Upon further investigation, the center part of the adapter for the Grant is thinner than the WH one, as you can see from the images. I messed with it a bit and noticed a rubber piece shoved in and thought that was impeding the contact from happening. No such luck. I have tried wrench the main nut down to pull the adapter closer, but it is still off by a quarter inch or so.

I guess my questions are, is it possible I do not have the correct adapter from WH. Can you somehow extend the button posts? Is the rubber piece needed? Is there something I am blatantly missing?

Thanks in advance!

Adapter in question

 

[BajaBronco]

Originally you'd have a spring where that rubber piece is. Rubber piece is something someone along the way put in there as a substitute I'm guessing.The column has adjustment underneath the dash = see two big holes under dash - they lead to two bolts that need a 1/2" socket. Loosening them and the firewall clamp might be able to scoot the column toward the driver enough to contact horn contacts....

 

[balex]

Thanks

Thank you BajaBronco.

I messed with it a little bit last night. I assume the bolts you are talking about are inside the engine compartment and not inside the cabin? I saw three 1/2" holding the column to the firewall on the inside of the engine compartment. I was able to slide the shaft down a little bit, so that one connection is being made.

Thanks again.