Rmd Steering Wheel Failure

[Guest greavesy7]

Went out for a drive at the weekend and one of the legs have sheared off do you think i will be able to take it back

[maccavvy]

12 month guarantee...how old is it

[Guest greavesy7]

bought it as stoneleigh last year but ive only had my car on the road for 6 months

[agent_zed]

trades description act - needs to be fit for purpose. It broke under normal purposes so it is not fit for purpose. Got a feeling trades-desc is far longer than a year so wether they say a year guarantee or not it is superseded by trades-desc

 

http://www.tradedescriptionsact.co.uk/content/trade-description-act-fit-for-purpose-8.html

 

hopefully they will just offer a replacement/money back but if they get funny just inform them that you will have to report them to trades-description as they cannot sell a potentially dangerous steering wheel. In fact i'd probably want my money back as if the manufacturing/QC is that bad then i don't want it. And i'd probably still report them anyway to ensure they are investigated and their standards are checked.

 

hth

[sj-bradley]

Hi,

 

If I were in your position, I would at least give them a try to see if they will replace it. It could just have been faulty to begin with. It should not have broken under normal use though.

 

Simon.

[Guest greavesy7]

ive just spoken to rich and they said they will replace it

 

Still not good that it broke tho

[Shaft]

That's the 2nd one on here then.

Marcus (Zoomzoom) on here had one break the same on a trackday!

 

[speedtripledan]

think i will be buying a new steering wheel at stoneleigh !

[Guest zoomzoom]

Hi I had one go as well.

They are what they are.... Cheap!!!

[agent_zed]

there is cheap and there is dangerous. If they are breaking that often they need to be reported before someone gets hurt!

[Guest greavesy7]

i have fitted my moutney one back on and it does feel so much stiffer

[Guest scottie686]

I have an RMD steering wheel and have been a bit mistrusting of it of late.

 

I uprated my brakes and took it out the other day to bed in the pads per the Wilwood website, and after a few runs of going from 75 to 20 quite sharpish i got home, took the steering wheel off as it has a quick release and the steering wheel plate had bowed where i had been pushing on the wheel under braking! I was able to bend it back by hand and so from then on have not a lot of confidence it will hold up! The Sparco equivalent is £175 though!

 

S.

[Guest carl leonard]

Rally Design stopped selling this steering wheel for a couple of months last year due to the same issue. I wonder if your wheel is from the same batch????

 

Worth checking when they had the problem and when you purchased yours.

 

Carl.

[Guest mower man]

Would scrap that wheel if it bends that easy!!! steering and brakes are a no FAB area mowerman

[Guest scottie686]

Would scrap that wheel if it bends that easy!!! steering and brakes are a no FAB area mowerman

 

i totally agree!! OMP do one for a little less but undrilled. Still a kick in the stones but when it comes to the steering there's really no compromise!!