Anyone running one of these in their 40s? I still have the stock steering column and am looking for options for installing one that is removable.:D Thanks.

When I still lived in Venezuela, the GRANT security system, which allows you to quickly remove your stock (or GRANT, obviously) steering wheel was *very* popular. In fact, I bought a kit, but never got around to installing it before I moved to the US. You put the lock's key in, twisted, removed the wheel, then covered the wheel's location with a steel cap, and you took th e steering wheel with you. It became common to see people at the movie theater with their steering wheels in hand. My friend used to handcuff his steering wheel to the rollcage and covered it with a sweater. The only downside to this is that the steering column becomes several inches longer, so you have to relearn the location of turn signal and wiper levers and get used to the new location. This might be a problem if you're particularly "hefty", too! :)

Did you just say I was FAT???:D The 17" stock wheel isn't helping the situation. I'm having a problem with legs more than gut, not that I don't have one of those.:rolleyes: Thanks anyone else particularly running the racing ones (40 splines) on a stock steering column???:D

Sloan, man like 15 years ago when those first came out my friend put one on his truck. Worked well. There is a safety aspect as well, as it can be easier to crawl out of a wreck with the wheel removed. Many race cars are setup like that.

Also great for leaving your truck behind when broken down in the woods. Much harder to joy ride with no wheel :D

At first I thought it was cheesy, but when we put it on it was not cheesy at all.

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Didn't mean to insult, I tend to think of people as the same size as I am, a "well-tended" 220 and 6" tall! :)

You could also consider an aftermarket steering wheel, I've seen some nice ones, and once you have P/S you don't need the Greyhound bus-sized stock one.

anyone else particularly running the racing ones (40 splines) on a stock steering column???

Not sure what year your cruiser is but here a race version on my 66 with a stock column and a smaller grant wheel.

won't the grant wheels only fit certain year cruisers?.didnt the spline count on the end of the column change during a certain year?.i have the busdriver steering wheel and would prefer to have a removable, cool looking grant..metalmender, is that a stock '66 inner steering shaft on that column?..thats what im looking to do

won't the grant wheels only fit certain year cruisers?.didnt the spline count on the end of the column change during a certain year?.i have the busdriver steering wheel and would prefer to have a removable, cool looking grant..metalmender, is that a stock '66 inner steering shaft on that column?..thats what im looking to do

I know grant makes adapters to fit later year cruisers as a friend has one on his 81 and another has the grant anti theft system on his 76

I used the stock column and inner shaft on my quick disconnect but the mounting for the "Q D" is not . I machined a threaded insert that matches the factory shaft and welded that into the male end of the "Q D" and used red loctite on the threads and it has been on the last 6 years with no problems. All the race versions of the QD's have a universal mounting so you have to be a little creative with your mounting ideas.
My 66 is more less a DD in the summer and run with no doors or top so when ever I go somwhere I just put the wheel in the tool box under the drivers seat and lock it up.
Sure get some strange looks when you pop the wheel off seconds after you park it.:D

hth

rich

"well-tended" 220 and 6" tall!

60 Series guy, you must be very, very tiny at six inches tall!

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Also great for leaving your truck behind when broken down in the woods. Much harder to joy ride with no wheel :D

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How do you joy ride in a truck that's broken down?

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