Quick Release Steering Wheel

[Heuer]

It has one large spline on both the wheel and column so you just need to pull back on the release mechanism and then offer the wheel up to mate. The key spline is at the top of the steering wheel so you know where it is and align it with the column quite easily wherever that key is. Takes a few go's to understand and because it is precisely machined to avoid slack you need to be precise. You can do it with your eyes closed after that.

[JerryL770]

An interesting discussion of which I've read only the last 2/3 pages.

I have a friend nearby who is a long time (50+ years) member of VCC/VSCC and personal restorer of 8+ classics. He expresses to me an opinion about how I should leave my car in the garage (which is integral but can apply to others). I should leave the keys to my car within it!!

Bearing in mind that his experience is with pre-steering lock cars he does not consider locking the steering on full lock but maybe we should consider if this is wise too.

This opinion is expressed for 1 reason only: if my house/garage catches fire, I don't want to be wasting time looking for the keys in order to remove the car (drive it out?) from the garage!! If in addition to there being no key, no steering wheel and steering turned to full lock, one is going to have a slow time escaping the fire.

So then it comes down to considering: what is the greater risk? Theft or fire?

Maybe this consideration would be limited to when one is around to be able to move the car, rather than away for a longish period and not around to be able to effect saving from fire. Protecting from theft then becomes a higher priority perhaps.

[Heuer]

My garage is alarmed and I do not remove the steering wheel when it is in there, other than for easy maintenance access. I only remove it when I leave the car away from home. So not a problem.

[NigelV]

Hi all. I have just come across this topic.
Although I am a couple of years late, and quite new to the E Type community (got my 62 S1 OTS from Malta last year).
I saw this boss at the SNG stand at the Jaguar National Day earlier this year, and was immediately smitten by it.
I am going to having a full body off respray this winter to take it back to original livery, Opalescent Gunmetal with a red interior.
Q. I am thinking of having an EZ steer unit installed while it’s stripped down. Can the CMC/SNB boss be installed in conjunction with the EZ unit?

Thanks guys, great knowledge base for a newbie.

[Bruno]

Yes it can, no problem NigeIV

[paulsco]

Hello Bruno,
Are you the same Bruno that sells GPS controllers for EPS systems?
If so, I would just like to say that I have bought one from you for my DIY EPS system that I am fitting to my E-Type.
It works well on the EPS column, but I have not as yet been able to test the GPS.
It has been a difficult journey adapting an EPS column, but I think I have overcome most of the difficulties, the main ones being the short length of the Jaguar upper column, the extendable inner column and not least the horn ring wiring.
I am now able to appreciate the ingenuity EZ have used in their columns, although they make no secret of the fact that they don’t make their own base units, they use koyo (Jtekt) or NSK.
Mine is based on the NSK unit, as per SNG’s and Moss Europe’s library pictures, and the one you show in the picture you posted.
Paul