Steering Wheel Snobs T250

[Maas]

Well I managed to change my steering wheel but it certainly was a pain in the a**!  I wanted to get rid of that misshapen wheel that they give us on these boats, drove me crazy

Bought the Isotta Carlotta Steering wheel, after trying to get different Isotta wheels to no avail.

It's a gorgeous wheel , made out of billet aluminium

 

 

What was a pain in the a**, is that my dealership told me that the wheel used a 3/4" tapered shaft for the hub, turns out, at least on my boat, it's a splined shaft.  Now i'm not sure if that has to do with the fact that I've got hydraulic steering, maybe others can chime in on this, but mine is splined.

 

The big problem is finding a splined hub.... next to impossible.

The next problem is the Malibu hub and wheel that they ship this boat with come with a nardi bolt pattern, 6 x 74 mm, whereas most of the wheels in the world use a Momo pattern of 6 x 70mm

As I could not find a splined Hub, i decided to use the existing one an just put in an adapter

I found this one at NRG

https://getnrg.com/collections/hub-accessories/products/srk-500

 

 

Kept the OEM hub, attached the spacer/adapter and realized that the M6 Bolts used to attach to the Nardi pattern original hub don't fit in the holes made on the NRG spacer.  You think they would know that an M6 socket cap screw has a 10mm head as standard, nope they made the holes for the bolts 9.5 mm, so I had to drill those out to 10mm, then I could attach the Hub

 

Finally I've got a nice wheel which is ROUND!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 11, 2022 by Maas

[IdahoRhino]

That looks much better! I’m not a big fan of the flat spots on the stock wheel either. 

[smuurph84]

wonder if the 2023s will keep it?