Airehead Posted June 4, 2022 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2022 Did you ever have one on your steering wheel? Aren’t they now illegal? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted June 4, 2022 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2022 Yes. I still have one or two in my garage somewhere. I used them after I injured my shoulder and after my operation. It made driving with one arm much easier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #3 Posted June 4, 2022 Never used or had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted June 4, 2022 Share #4 Posted June 4, 2022 I have used them on tractors. Never on a truck. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 4, 2022 Share #5 Posted June 4, 2022 Never heard of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2022 My dad had one on his car when I was a kid. I guess they helped with Armstrong steering cars? I am pretty sure they are illegal here. They caused accidents when they got caught in clothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #7 Posted June 4, 2022 Yep, many years ago, but don't know about the current legal status. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted June 4, 2022 Share #8 Posted June 4, 2022 On the tractors that I grew up on and I had one on my 1966 pickup 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #9 Posted June 4, 2022 Your neighbors wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted June 4, 2022 Share #10 Posted June 4, 2022 Not on any of my cars. But have driven with the knob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted June 4, 2022 Share #11 Posted June 4, 2022 Yup, I used to have one on my '69 Dodge. Not legal on the road here anymore unless the vehicle is over a certain weight. Not sure where that line is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #12 Posted June 4, 2022 Used them on aircraft tow vehicles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted June 4, 2022 Share #13 Posted June 4, 2022 I had one on my first car 50 years ago, but none since. It had a clear plastic top with a picture of a bikini clad girl under it. I think every tractor I drove had one. I remember slicing my hand on one of them. It was a wooden knob with a peened over shaft through it. The peening had worn to a very sharp edge and the result was a nasty cut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted June 4, 2022 Share #14 Posted June 4, 2022 Front end loaders come with them. While working at the landscape supply and using one while grinding mulch and loading trucks all day, six days a week, it screwed up my left arm. You steer with the left hand, operate the front bucket with the right. As I'm mimicking the steering motion now, it still hurts my arm. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted June 5, 2022 Share #15 Posted June 5, 2022 I have one on my buggy at work, it does sometimes get tangled up in clothing. I wouldn't use one on the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #16 Posted June 5, 2022 https://suicideknob.net/state-laws/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Beanz Posted June 5, 2022 Share #17 Posted June 5, 2022 My cousin had one on his cholo steering wheel bike back in the day. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #18 Posted June 5, 2022 I had one on my 55 Chevy, all the cool kids had them Back in the day. You could buy them at western auto. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #19 Posted June 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, Longjohn said: I had one on my 55 Chevy, all the cool kids had the. Back in the day. You could buy them at western auto. Right along with Western Flyer bicycles, think our first 3-speeds were Western Flyers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #20 Posted June 5, 2022 When I read this title just guess what went through my mind? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted June 5, 2022 Share #21 Posted June 5, 2022 11 hours ago, Airehead said: Did you ever have one on your steering wheel? Only on my old JD tractor. The prior owner had one on the steering wheel. I left it there, and it still gets used. It does make it easier to steer. I remember cars before power steering. The steering wheels were considerably larger in diameter, and the number of turns (lock to lock) were more too. Power steering in a car eliminated the need for the knob. My new JD tractor has power steering, and it is soooo easy to steer. No need for a knob on this tractor. I wanted a hydraulic lift for the mower deck and the future snow plow (or snow blower). The power steering was included with the hydraulic lift. I like the power steering, WoBG loves it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted June 5, 2022 Share #22 Posted June 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Dottles said: When I read this title just guess what went through my mind? I'm not sure... And I'm not sure I want to know. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share #23 Posted June 5, 2022 4 hours ago, sheep_herder said: https://suicideknob.net/state-laws/ Thank you, very useful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share #24 Posted June 5, 2022 They can’t ge caught on your clothes if you don’t wear any. Ammiright @Longjohn? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_photog ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #25 Posted June 5, 2022 Still very common on tractors so you can steer with one hand and run your other controls with the other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #26 Posted June 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Bikeguy said: remember cars before power steering. The steering wheels were considerably larger in diameter, and the number of turns (lock to lock) were more too. Power steering in a car eliminated the need for the knob Power steering and rack and pinion eliminated the need for the recirculating ball steering box. Those things were a marvelous invention. I learned how to work on them but never had to work on one. They always outlasted the cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #27 Posted June 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Longjohn said: I had one on my 55 Chevy, all the cool kids had them Back in the day. You could buy them at western auto. Damn you are old. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #28 Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Philander Seabury said: Damn you are old. “It’s better to be old than to be dead” Yukon John 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted June 5, 2022 Share #29 Posted June 5, 2022 as others have said, used them on a tractor but never on a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 5, 2022 Share #30 Posted June 5, 2022 21 hours ago, Airehead said: Did you ever have one on your steering wheel? Aren’t they now illegal? I never trusted myself with the diminished sense of touch and control the knobs represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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