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BRG75 · 22nd November 2021, 15:38

Leaving aside the legalities for a moment; I have thought a little deeper about this, from an engineering point of view.

There is ample meat on the boss to drill it out, and being aluminium, I suppose you could use a scrap 75 steering column as a broach, and gradually engineer the boss to fit.

You would need (ideally) a hydraulic press.

You also need to reproduce the taper.

Having said this, the legalities surrounding the air bag issue would prevent me from actually doing it.

22nd November 2021, 15:38	#8
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