RS steering wheel

[Zithlord]

Hi

Would this be the correct steering wheel for a RS/914-6? I have read a lot of old threads, but really got even more confused than before. I am considering buying this wheel and want to be sure this is the correct wheel. The price is 450£. The partsnumber stamp look a bit funny, what do you guys think?

john

edit: just read this old tread, does the wheel in the pic have the 6 holes, if so is this a 914-4 without recess?

The part number does not mean anything, if the hub face on the outer surface is counter sunk and the rear collar has a 1mm raised lip outside the splines its a 914-4, if it does not have these features it will work on a 914-6 or 911 application. 914-4 wheels came both ways but always had the plastic extension for the 914-4 application. If the outer nut face is flat and the collar is not raised outside the splines about 1mm its what you want. If it is off of a 914-4 and has these features remove the plastic extension and you will likely see that there are 6 not 4 holes for the signal cancel ring. The 2 extra holes are for 911 914-6 applications. I watched many people at the German Auto Fest debating what is right. Shame on anyone who is paying big money for a so called "original RS wheel" or "914-6" wheel. Look at the wheel, again counter sunk? Raised collar? 4 or 6 holes on the back? Forget about the part number.

Jeff

[NiceT]

John,
Yes that appears to have the two important details that say it is in fact a 914-6 wheel. Since the two countersunk holes are there, you just find a turn signal cancel tab from a regular 400mm 911 wheel and add it to this one. Usually they also have a date code stamp but I have one that also does not like this one. If the leather cover is well done that is probably not a bad price. Finding someone to recover them correctly is harder than finding a 914-6 wheel!

Daron

[Zithlord]

Thanks daron

I am not totaly sure because the thread I refered to from Smith says "914-4 wheels came both ways" both with and without recess, and the way to identify if it was a 914-4 wheel is the plastic extension. On this wheel the plastic exstention could have been removed. I understand this to mean that some wheels where made without recess but with 4 holes and countersunk screws so they would fit a 914-4/914-6 and a 911. To me it looks like this wheel have 4 holes+two countersunk holes? Do anybody have the possiblity to check the partsnumber? Or maybe all wheels with 4 holes + two countersunk wheels and no recess is off 911/914-6 and have been modified with two extra holes to fit 914-4?

John

[NiceT]

The attached photos are of a real original leather wrapped 914-6 wheel. Hope this helps. Daron

[fourteenten]

John,

Hard to read from the picture, but is the part no. 914.347.084.10? How about that date stamp, 86 or 98, pretty odd? That part number I have never seen, should probably read 084.00 or 01 and would be an original leather covered wheel. You need to look for a 914.347.806.10 for a genuine 914/6-RS wheel, 914.347.805.10 for a 914/6 with the thicker layer or 911.347.803.10 and 914.347.805.11 for 914/6 Ersatz (replacement?) wheels. Just to add to the confusion.
£450,- seems a bit steep for that steering wheel...

Cees

[Zithlord]

Serial is 914.347.087.10, any one know this nr?

John

[Soterik]

John,

From what I can see, that's not a valid part number, perhaps it was mis-stamped.

Re-wrapping a wheel is very time consuming and costly. Tony gets $300 for a single wrap, and $350 for double wrap, and I know he would rather do some other job than a wheel wrap. Mark at Vintage Seats gets quite a bit more. Tony has changed a little bit of his methods, and his recent wheels look very nice, and a little cleaner around the spokes.

Regards, Eric

[OliveR]

914/6 with the thicker layer

[Zithlord]

thanks everybody.

I think I will pass because the wheel has strange number stamps and a number nobody has heard of. (probably is a 914-6 wheel?) I guess I will keep searching for a 914-6 wheel or maybe i will recover my 914-4 wheel(foam) with one or two layers of leather instead.

john

[pmjt]

John,

Thanks for discussing my wheel And I wish you'd been more honest in your personal message on the DDK! If you'd had any concerns over authenticity I would have been delighted to take any more photos you required or put you in touch with the supplier I got it from. I bought it in good faith.

For everyone's interest, the wheel was purchased from Manfred Herring in Germany late last year, along with a load of other pieces for a 2.4S Targa I was going to restore (that's another story).

Unfortunately, the pound against the dollar (and other currencies) makes things look expensive - I paid €700 for this wheel and another €100 for the butterfly. The leather work is beautiful and the wheel well restored.

How the hell would anyone know whether it's genuine - save for the fact that I checked the wheel details with two knowledgable people here in the UK before I bought it - and it came from a reliable supplier!!

Your implication above by stating 'the wheel has strange number stamps and a number nobody has heard of' - despite that at least one knowledgable person on the DDK has confirmed this is the type of wheel fitted to an RS - is that I am not telling the truth - shame you couldn't have said that to me in your PM on the DDK!

P