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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 08:33 PM
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Hi guys just bought myself a carbon fiber steering wheel from artisan. It however does not fit into the spiral cable.



is there any way around this?
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Old Jan 30, 2015 | 05:26 PM
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What do you mean, spiral cable?
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 07:34 AM
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You can do a couple of things. You can take it to a machine shop to mill away the excess material but you may or may not have the proper use of the clock spring/spiral cable. Or find out what car the steering wheel is meant for and see if that clock spring is compatible with the sc. It was probably listed that it would work for the sc because a lot of the steering wheels look alike in the lexus line up at any given model year
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 10:47 AM
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Did this ever work out?
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Old Feb 15, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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just waiting on a reply from artisan.
i went to 2 lexus dealership in melbourne, australia. One wasn't very helpful the other was. There are 3 different variants of spiral cable for my model, but the tech cannot get a photo of any of the spiral cable so that we can visually look at it and determine which spiral the steering wheel fit into.
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Old Feb 15, 2015 | 04:29 PM
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It must be possible, as these photo indicate, someone's done it before...
Attached Thumbnails artisan steering wheel-cf8.jpg   artisan steering wheel-cf9.jpg  
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Old Feb 15, 2015 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ShawnOk
It must be possible, as these photo indicate, someone's done it before...
Just because the wheel is mounted to in the car doesn't mean the clock spring is in there or if the turn signals will stop blinking after you straighten the steering wheel after a turn.
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Old Mar 15, 2015 | 05:11 PM
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I'm still wondering if this ever worked out? Any update ktruo10?
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 01:20 AM
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unfortunately im still awaiting for a reply from artisan.
i guess i have to take this to get it milled from a steel fabricator.
unless someone can give me some advise on what to do.
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ktruo10
unfortunately im still awaiting for a reply from artisan.
i guess i have to take this to get it milled from a steel fabricator.
unless someone can give me some advise on what to do.
You are a very patient person. You have been waiting for over a month now. Do you really believe they will respond?
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 03:13 PM
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I agree with bgw70
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 01:54 PM
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well finally got an email from artisan...
i guess like im on my own on this one.... someone please help?

Thank you for your mail. We are still under researching the matter which had occur on your vehicle. But the surroundings in our industry, they said that never heard of this. Every concerning company insist us that SC430’s steering column is as same in both early and late productions.



Please check your vehicle’s history and repair record, then something you have find, please let us know.

Also, if you don’t mind, please bring your own vehicle to your local LEXUS, then check it up. Might be something what we don’t know, could be appeared.



Best Regards.



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