Jerry Auton Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Quoting Guy Lowe: Quoting 6speedmanual: Whilst it is very obvious when stationary and fidgeting the wheel, there is no time I have ever neen aesre of it whilst driving. So there it sits doing what it does. P Exactly my thoughts, I don't notice it when driving on road or track, it's fine so why waste money changing it Quoting James.S: The Rapfix one looks superb. That's probably why most people spend all the extra money changing to a Rapfix, because it 'LOOKS GOOD' Guy I will hold my hand up to the latter point Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy couchman Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Bit of PTFE (plumbers) tape wrapped round the splines can help take up any slack on the Caterham arrangement, and still allows the wheel to go on and off easily. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prangerman Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Andy Doesn't the tape ruck up when putting the steering wheel on? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 You can't use PTFE tape on splines !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Lowe Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Quoting James.S: Constructive input Edited by - James.S on 20 Sep 2013 10:12:56 That's not what you said prior to 10:12:56 this morning 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Take out the large grub screw, and grind the point off, until you have a flat surface. It'll never come loose again. Don't take too much off. Remember that the grub screw is there to give way to prevent the steering wheel smashing you in the chest in the event of a front end collision. Can't say I'm too worried about that, as it's doubtful that this piece of rudimentary 19th century engineering would work anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Si If you want to compare BM me(as you know I'm only about 1/2 a mile from you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy couchman Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Why not use PTFE? It does ruck up over time, but wind it on tightly and run it over the end of the shaft and it just takes up the gap between the splines on the shaft and on the wheel. But shout if I'm doing anything dangerous! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I just tried the PTFE tape fix. Putting the steering wheel on the first time is stiff and it's not so obvious it's located properly, but it does appear to work - play is removed. Removing the steering wheel reveals it to be all bunched up at the end, with nothing on the splines. Cheap too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Geoff Brown Posted May 7, 2015 Area Representative Share Posted May 7, 2015 The LifeLine QR on my steering wheel developed so much play that I sent it back to Caterham Cars under warranty - less than 12 months & 3000 miles under its belt!LifeLine rebuilt it & so far with another year & 4000 miles it seems to be fine except for a slight amount of play.Re-greasing gets rid of the play for about 1500 miles.I have come across some QRs with play that remind me of the tractors & Mk1/2 Landies I used to drive as a kid. How do they pass an MoT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 There has to be a significant element here of poor design / manufacture, the loading applied to the spline of a steering wheel is minimal compared to splines used in transmissions..........Prop to mainshaft or straight cut gears to mainshft splines last thousands of miles, handle serious amounts of tourque by comparision and in the case of the former are designed to slide too.......all with no play.TADTS is not an acceptable response from either CC or the manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyH Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 How do they pass an MoT?You're allowed 13mm play at the wheel rim:http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_220.htm...which is more than double what ours had at the last MOT, which to me felt like quite a lot. We're moving to a rapfix.The MOT manual appears to fail to mandate a steering wheel size that "13mm" applies to though, so if it's looking like a fail, fit a smaller steering wheel and the play at the rim will be reduced proportionately to wheel diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanns Per Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 bought a Liveline Quick release from Caterham 4 weeks or 800 km ago.It became loose now after only these few km, I also have a Racetech Quickrelease on a S3 since 2001 or 24000km and this has no play at all.I have seen 2 other cars this week which have the same problem even more so.Caterham does not seem to care about this.RgdsHanns Per Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM25T Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 The Rapfix QR system is nice. It doesn't use splines .... so doesn't show free play like these other systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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