I have recently purchased a 1969 Mini K, and have a 3 spoke OBA wooden steering wheel I wish to fit. I have been having difficulty finding a Boss Kit to suit my mini, and am after some help

There are lots of different boss kits that suit minis, its getting one that suits your wheel that can be difficult. Post up a picture and someone might be able to suggest a boss thats close. The last one I fitted I had to drill and tap new threads because I couldn't get the exact boss for the wheel.

Tim

Your local Repco-SuperProBahnOne should be able to sell you one... They're usually between $75 and $100. Those ones will have 12 holes - 6@74mm PCD to suit the SAAS boss pattern, and 6@70 PCD to suit the MOMO boss pattern. I'm not sure which PCD OBA uses. There are other PCD's (Pitch Circle Diameters), but most new wheels use either the SAAS or MOMO pattern. Mountney and Moto Lita are obvious exceptions, and there may well be others. If your OBA wheel isn't either 70mm or 74mm PCD, please post its size!
I heard of someone getting one from a Mini Specialist in Padstow for $66 yesterday! It was an Autotechnica boss. I'm not 100% sure, but I would expect it has both patterns - can only ring (or email) and ask.
The toughest part of fitting a boss for me was the steering column nut - I don't have a 1-5/16 socket! Had to find a mechanic... And of course the one I found just happened to race Minis back in the 60's...

I have an Autotechnica one, got it from Autobahn for about $80. It suits both SAAS and MOMO, which happens to be jsut about every other aftermarket steering wheel. I also got some other weird thing in the shed, it looks like a Moto-Lita, but it's crap, have to dig it up sometime and figure out what it is.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

you can get the nut off with a screwdriver and hammer

I couldn't... It was all on there very, very tight - both the nut and the wheel (spline).
But, given I just rolled down to the mechanic's with the wheels ready to swap over (I rang ahead to make sure they had a socket that big - not everyone does), they undid the bolt for free. Very helpful! A 250mm/10" shifter will open wide enough to get the nut, but I couldn't get the shifter onto the nut with the original wheel. Shifter was $30, same price as a socket, but the socket is 3/4" drive, which I don't have, so add another $60 for a drive bar... Thankfully I could use the shifter with the boss (I checked before I bought the shifter), so I didn't do up the nut too tight at the mechanics (just snug tight, not torque friction!), which allowed me to adjust the wheel, to make sure it was straight. I never seem to get the wheel straight first time. I fully tightened the nut when I was happy with the wheel's location.

you just have to keep bashing away till it moves. It can take awhile.

But that could very easily damage the nut... I didn't bash away at it too much, because I want the nut to have 6 sides and 6 corners. Always better to use the right tool for the job, if at all possible.

Couldn't agree more, a screw driver is for opening bean cans not undoing nuts. Pretty much every mini I've ever had has had the steering wheel nut all chewed up. If you're going to be doing real work, you need that size socket anyway. Its used on the wheel hub nuts and inside the gearbox if I remember correctly.

Tim

I went and bought a socket to do that job. WIth a 3/4 to 1/2 inch adapter for around $40 I think from a tool specialist. I've used it many times, very easily.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

Anyone got the part number for the Autotechnica Boss Kit? Revolution Racegear sold me one, but it does fit - says it's for MGB on the box..i'm gonna take it back but would like to know the correct part no. so i can shove it in their face

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Im pretty sure MGB is the same splines as a Mini anyway.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Yea..thats what the guy said, but it doesn't fit?

Were the splines the same for all minis?

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

All Mini splines are the same. Except maybe the late Rovers with airbags?

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Typo...hehe. Until the last thing you typed it confused the hell outta me...anwyays...

I thought, MGB was the same as Mini?!??!! Bugger!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T