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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I think this has failed.



I really hope I am wrong!

I know nothing about these but from looking at the photos and the drawings here it looks as though your wheel needs to go on about 1cm more.

Sorry to hear of the issues but you have a great looking car.

Good to see the TM forum working at its best!

Good luck and enjoy your stunning car.

Well in the continuing saga of the steering wheel... this morning before leaving for work I tried quickly removing the bolts.

Two of them (the long ones) can be removed... the third (short) one has something to stop you using an allen key! So I couldn't remove the wheel. But with the two longer bolts removed, I can confirm that the mechanism is fully pulled back (it clears the split ring at the front, and the ball bearings inside can be pushed in, so it's working) and yet I still can't get it any further on. As AsboJohn said, it's like there's something inside the tube which is stopping it. It is fixed in place, it turns the wheels, the "flat part" is definitely lined up, but I can't push it any further forward. The wheel itself is starting to flex...

1560 - Steven - if by any chance you're in the area over the next few days could you stop by for 5 minutes and tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm 5 minutes from the Ring. I'm sure it must be me (I'll be very happy to find this is the case even if I'll look stupid on here)

No, you won't look stupid.
Some things to do with Morgans need a special technique to operate correctly - it's something the dealer should have explained clearly (and preferably demonstrated) to you.
Good luck!

Totally agree, we ALL learn from these situations.

I haven't been able to get the wheel off mine (car 350) because the third bolt which won't take an allen key as it has a dimple in the middle (it needs a 4mm hollow key to remove) is longer, rather than shorter and with 2 nuts behind it stops the collar from being pulled back far enough to remove the wheel.

So far I haven't been able to purchase a 4mm key to remove the longer bolt and have only fiddled with my two nuts (hrmmm...!) but they won't let the collar back.

Seems the only way to get the wheel to come off would be to hacksaw the long bolt shorter, or get the 4mm key. This would leave the collar able to be removed because the extra nut could then slip off between end of bolt and collar.

Just wondering if your dealer has removed the long bolt to get the wheel able to be removed, but then put it all back in such a way that the collar can't now move back far enough to engage properly. Whatever, if the collar is not locking this is potentially really serious and you must get it sorted!!

Exactly! And a massive part of the ethos of this forum!

Vspec, I love your colour scheme choice - very in keeping with the character of the M3W.

You sound like you're already having a blast in it (steering wheel aside); however, I wish you many enjoyable kilometres behind the wheel of your special Morgan.

Oh, sorry, what I meant to say first was fantastic looking car (same colour as mine!!) although I have the black leather and black exhaust shields.

Wasn't completely sure myself when I picked up the car, but I sure love it now.

Couldn't someone clever (Morgan perhaps) make a plastic extra boot insert to bolt to the existing plastic boot insert to provide mud protection for the seatbelts etc. and to stop water, snow etc. going all over the wooden frame at the back of the car too? Or if Morgan is to do it, why can't they just improve the existing rather poor boot insert to do this anyway??

wisco in order to remove the security bolt you'll need a set of these.

Security Bits

I wouldn't cut it,not much space and you might want to use it again at some time in the future.