Source for Snap-off quick release hub?

[Doug Dyar]

Does anyone have a source for the Snap-off brand quick release steering wheel hub and adapter plate used in a Superformance GT40?

 

[Markus]

A quick Google lense search revealed this:

Quick Release Bolt On - 6 Hole

Snap Off - Quick Release Snap Off

www.murraymotorsport.com

Snap-Off Quick Release Steering Wheel Hub 528 | Snap-Off | Steering Wheels & Accessories

The snap off quick release hub has a patented innovative design that is self-adjusting. As a result, there is no play in the mechanism over time, as is often th

www.radne.com

Maybe that helps....

 

[Fredrik P]

I solved this issue by making an adaptor plate with the 6x74 mm pattern bolting it to the Snap-Off boss and a 6x78 mm pattern for the wheel.

 

[Doug Dyar]

Nice work!

 

[Markus]

Nice work!

Doug,
the pic you posted about the snap off looked strange to me - on my Superformance it is a slightly different design. Please find some pics.
The diameter on the steering wheel is approx. 78mm


But there is also a adapter plate between steering wheel and snap-off


When mirroring the 78mm diameter to the underside of the snap-off it seems too big


See also additional drill holes which seem to be drilled afterwards (seemingly to attach the adapter plate)


A 70mm diameter seems to be right


Verdict: the factory snap-off should be 70mm with an adapter plate to 78mm

 

[Doug Dyar]

Markus

Your snap- off hub looks a little different than the one Fredrik P posted above.

Yours has some sort of key?

I agree. I need an adapter plate. Unfortunately, I'm no machinist.

Doug

 

[Rick Muck- Mark IV]

Markus

Your snap- off hub looks a little different than the one Fredrik P posted above.

Yours has some sort of key?

I agree. I need an adapter plate. Unfortunately, I'm no machinist.

Doug

Earlier cars had a key to lock the wheel on and two "mushrooms" to release the wheel. Later units have no key and two flanged stems to release.

 

[Markus]

Earlier cars had a key to lock the wheel on and two "mushrooms" to release the wheel. Later units have no key and two flanged stems to release.

 

[Rick Muck- Mark IV]

View attachment 138306

Yep, that is the one.

 

[Doug Dyar]

Still looking for a source for an adapter to fit a moto lita gt40 wheel to a Snap Off quick release hub.

 

[Doug Dyar]

So apparently there are differences between the models of quick release hubs offered by Snap Off.

Some have random pin placement for security. They don't allow for interchanging different steering wheels.

As I want to be able to use both my existing wheel and the new one on the same car, I need matching pins. One more variable...