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2013 F250 with 36K miles. Just in the past 2 months I've noticed my steering wheel is disintegrating at about the 12:30 position. No possibility of diesel/chemical transfer to the surface. I live in Alaska so here's also no sun/heat damage possibility.
I have the same thing of the steering wheel wearing were I hold it in the 5 & 7 o'clock position. With 117k miles. They just don't make them like they use too.
My '06 Dodge steering wheel was crumbling also. I bought a cheap cover to put on it. My new Ford has not started but I was thinking about getting the jump and putting a cover on before it started and to keep it nice. One of these days I suppose I'll get to it.
It is from the amino acids in sweat.
I had this explained many years ago when I attended a forensic science course in Ottawa.
The acids break down the petro chemical plastics.
It does the same thing to hard plastic also, it just takes longer. All plastic steering wheels suffer the same fate.
Some of us are "secreters". And these same people are very hard to fingerprint as you have to wipe their fingertips and print them immediately.
It is from the amino acids in sweat.
I had this explained many years ago when I attended a forensic science course in Ottawa.
The acids break down the petro chemical plastics.
It does the same thing to hard plastic also, it just takes longer. All plastic steering wheels suffer the same fate.
Some of us are "secreters". And these same people are very hard to fingerprint as you have to wipe their fingertips and print them immediately.
Having worked in machine shops for too many years, I've seen some people rust bare steel from touching it and others have little effect on the steel. We always said that the rust causing folks had sheet in their blood, or something like that.
It is from the amino acids in sweat.
I had this explained many years ago when I attended a forensic science course in Ottawa.
The acids break down the petro chemical plastics.
It does the same thing to hard plastic also, it just takes longer. All plastic steering wheels suffer the same fate.
Some of us are "secreters". And these same people are very hard to fingerprint as you have to wipe their fingertips and print them immediately.
Yep... I was going to say this but you beat me to it...
Had many a car's steering wheels go bad on me because I sweat a lot.
My '06 Dodge steering wheel was crumbling also. I bought a cheap cover to put on it. My new Ford has not started but I was thinking about getting the jump and putting a cover on before it started and to keep it nice. One of these days I suppose I'll get to it.
I've had a steering wheel cover on mine since it was new.. steering wheel still looks brand new..
I used to drive a 2006 Volvo truck that had a disintegrating steering wheel..even heavy duty semi trucks which are designed to last 100's of thousands of miles aren't immune to this..
Too funny! I was driving home from work a couple weeks about and noticed the exact same wear on my steering wheel. Kinda pisses you off doesn't it? I guess I'm in the secreter group as well
09-30-2016, 02:01 PM
