Steering column replacements?

[dmcerik]

Hi,

It's been a very long time since I posted anything to this forum. I bought my car in 1999 and was pretty active for awhile. Life happened, I moved a bit (Michigan over to Los Angeles), stored the Delorean, but never stopped caring for the car. She still starts up every time and I put about 500 miles on her yearly when I'm back in town where she's stored (stored near my parents).
Life is changing again and I'm heading back to Michigan. I was checking in on the house we bought and was able to move the Delorean into her new garage.

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Now onto my question. My steering column metal mesh cover is completely cut in two. I have spares from all my past parts cars, but they are either broken a bit, or have been broken and someone glued/welded things back together. It's been a long time since i've monitored these boards or been involved in all the new and updated parts. Is there anything new to fix/replace this type of issue? I really don't want to put a fixed one in there if I don't have to.

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to getting back into things.

Erik
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[Drive Stainless]

Hi Erik,

There is no new way other than to weld it or buy new. If you were to weld it, I would use a file afterward to shape the repair to replicate as much of the original mesh profile as possible. By doing this, we hope to reduce the likelihood that the repaired portion will be significantly stronger than the rest of the mesh.



Hi,

It's been a very long time since I posted anything to this forum. I bought my car in 1999 and was pretty active for awhile. Life happened, I moved a bit (Michigan over to Los Angeles), stored the Delorean, but never stopped caring for the car. She still starts up every time and I put about 500 miles on her yearly when I'm back in town where she's stored (stored near my parents).
Life is changing again and I'm heading back to Michigan. I was checking in on the house we bought and was able to move the Delorean into her new garage.

60973

Now onto my question. My steering column metal mesh cover is completely cut in two. I have spares from all my past parts cars, but they are either broken a bit, or have been broken and someone glued/welded things back together. It's been a long time since i've monitored these boards or been involved in all the new and updated parts. Is there anything new to fix/replace this type of issue? I really don't want to put a fixed one in there if I don't have to.

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to getting back into things.

Erik
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[Patrick C]

Hi Erik! Welcome back to Michigan! I remember your frame swap at Ken’s warehouse when I was living in Cincinnati.

We are doing a fall driving tour in Traverse City in late September if you’ll be in the state by then!

[David T]

There is no problem welding the cage to repair it. It is not supposed to break, only collapse in the event of a severe front end impact.

[Andrew]

I had 4194's broken mesh welded before 2014 DCS. I haven't had any issues with it ever since.

[dmcerik]

Hey Patrick! Glad to see you're still on the forum. The car has been running great ever since that frame swap. No issues! I won't get into Michigan until October 2, otherwise a driving tour would have been nice. My wife has been wanting to go to Traverse City for years now.


Hi Erik! Welcome back to Michigan! I remember your frame swap at Ken’s warehouse when I was living in Cincinnati.

We are doing a fall driving tour in Traverse City in late September if you’ll be in the state by then!

[dmcerik]

Thanks for the info guys.



There is no problem welding the cage to repair it. It is not supposed to break, only collapse in the event of a severe front end impact.

[DMCMW Dave]

Hey Erik - -welcome back to the Midwest! I'm sure we'll see you around.

[ssdelorean]

Hi Erik! Welcome back to Michigan! I remember your frame swap at Ken’s warehouse when I was living in Cincinnati.

We are doing a fall driving tour in Traverse City in late September if you’ll be in the state by then!

Glad to hear from you again! Can you still fit into the trunk? (http://ohiodeloreans.com/gallery-05StPattys.htm) :-)
I'm still running two of the replacement Grady shocks I bought from you. Just had them re-charged a few years ago.
Over 224K and still driving the snot out of my car. All still original K-Jet much to the dismay of all the "unreliability" claims of it these recent years :-)