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Type S AC50092-60/6 Steering Wheel Spinner Knob
Price: $9.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Customers Reviews
2009-12-10
Works Well
Purchased for my riding mower. Works well. The screws that secure the fastening braket to the steering wheel should be a little longer to accomodate the circumference of the wheel and allow a better fit. Otherwise, for the price, a good purchase.
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2009-11-04
Steering Wheel Knob
I recently had shoulder surgery and one of the worst things about the recovery was my lack of independence - especially my inability to drive! I ended up walking miles to and from the physical therapist - which was fine when weather was OK; but miserable during rainstorms. One of my sons-in-law fitted this Steering Wheel Spinner Knob to my Land Rover steering wheel and suddenly driving's a breeze!! Even tight 3-point turns! It took him about 3 minutes to install and life has changed for the better ever since! I heartily recommend this accessory - I'm not sure why anyone would need it unless you're incapacitated in some way - but I guess even laziness would be a good reason to get one of these little devices.
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2009-10-19
I had 2 problems
Overall the knob works as advertised, but I had two problems with it. 1) The device used to mount the 2 halves together is a very small allen wrench. As the screw heads are on the back side you can't see whether the allen wrench is properly positioned. I stripped the head of 1 screw in the process of tightening the screw and couldn't get the screww alll the way in. 2) The diameter of the opening is too large to snug onto my '97 Ford Explorer steering wheel, the kit should contain more or thicker shims. I'd do alot more research before I'd buy another one.
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2009-10-04
does not perform as advertised
This steering wheel knob is supposed to fit most steering wheels.
Fact Is: it does not perform as advertised
It may fit the steering wheels of cars built in the 50's, but I doubt that it fits any of today's autos. The clamp size is simply too small. In order to fit the screws, which are metric sized, are way too short.
It may look good, but its simply not worth the effort.
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2009-09-19
Does what a steering knob should do!
It is finished well, and quite strong. I attached it to a Kubota tractor, and the steering wheel is not round; it is a strange ellipse with dips and knobs. I had to force the unit on by really screwing down hard. I thought it would break, but for $9, i wouldn't be out much. It didn't break, it was hard screwing it down and the provided hex heads screws were useless; the heads stripped immediately. I got new Phillips head screws at the hardware store, and it did the job.
It rattles a bit at idle speed, but it very smoothly makes sharp turns a breeze!
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What Do You Know About Car Classifications: Size, Body type, Leading WheelsAt the moment there are way too many car classes and it is no wonder a lot of people cannot tell them correctly with this or that car. The cars are classified by size, body type, the number of leading wheels. A great number of people even don’t know what a “5-door hatchback” is. So let’s find out.
Cars: big and small
Let us start from the size of the car. In the widely spread European classification there are 6 classes of passenger vehicles (excluding sport coupe, 4x4 SUVs and so-called off-road universals) according to the width and length.
A B C D E F
Length less than 3500 3500-3900 3900-4300 4300-4600 4600-4900 more than 4900
Width under 150 1520-1630 1630-1690 1690-1730 1730-1820 more than 1820
So the lowest class A features such cars as Rover Mini, Renault Twingo, Daewoo Tico and Matig. They are tailored for city use.
Class B is more extensive. Cars like Skoda Felicia, Opel Corsa, Peugeot-106, Renault Clio, Fiat Punto, Volkswagen Polo, Ford Fiesta, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Micra etc fall into this class.
The most popular class in Europe is class C: Volkswagen Golf и Bora, Skoda Octavia, Opel Astra, Ford Escort и Focus, Audi F3, Peugeot-306, Fiat Brawo/Brawa, Penault Meganе, Alfa Romeo 145/146, Nissan Almera, Toyota Corolla, Daewoo Nexia etc.
A lot of cars fall into class D: Alfa Romeo 156, Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Mercedes-Benz C, Opel Vectra, Peugeot-406, Ford Mondeo, Toyota Avensis, Nissan Primera, Volkswagen Passat etc.
Class E is less multiple: BMW 5-series, Mercedes-Benz E, Audi A6, Opel Omega and a few more models.
The luxurious class F is represented by such cars as Mercedes-Benz S, Audi A8, BMW 7-series and a few more makes of cars.
The literature sometimes mentions old-school terms as “the smallest class” (includes classes A and B), “small” (C), “middle” (D), “big” (E), “extra-big” (F). The attentive readers will definitely note that not all the cars included by us into this or that class totally meet its requirements. For instance, Daewoo Nexia which had been included into class C must be in class D (according to its length – 4.48 m). The point is that the direct ancestor of Nexia is Opel Kadett was a hatchback which totally matched class C. The body type sedan (which is Nexia is produced in now) is a little longer, but all other parameters make the car close to class C.
Body is the face of a car
If the talk came to body types, let’s find out what body types are there.
The classic body type is sedan (in the US – Sedan, in the UK – saloon, in France – Berline, in Germany – Limousine, in Italy - Berlina) – closed 2- or 4-door body with 2 rows of seats with protruding cowling and boot (consisting of 3 capacities – 3-capacity body).
Another body type is also widely spread – universal (in the US - Station Wagon, the UK - Estate car, in France – Break, in Germany – Kombi, in Italy - Giardinera) – in contrary to sedans they consist of 2 capacities as the interior and the boot make up one single capacity. One more door is added to the side ones – the rear door. At the moment a number of automotive manufacturers produce sport universals, the dynamic features of which are not inferior to sedans or even sport car. Such models are: BMW Touing, Volvo V 70R и Audi A6 Avant.
In the classes A, B and C there is a tendency towards a middle body type – hatchback – a mixture of sedan and universal.
At the moment another body type is gaining popularity – 1-capacity bodies with no protruding cowling or boot: Renault Megane Scanic, Opel Zafira, Mercedes-Benz A.
All 4 wheels
To sum up, let me tell you about another group of vehicles which are gaining audience’s attraction at the moment – SUVs. These are 4WD cars which bear the name Sport Utility Vehicle – SUV. In the US it is huge 4WD pick-ups or off-road universal vehicles, in Europe - Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Land Rover Freelander.
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