Steering wheel dangers
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2022
- @DudesWithWrenches
once you know you know it's a really good to learn not the hard way
this happened ro me well driving a 68 suburban and broke my wrist
you live and learn hope you enjoy thanks for watching
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Got one of them on my KW W900 and on my Ram
that shifter tho
* bad to the bone starts playing *
my movie
*Mannish Boy
@@Takon_pilot *bad to the bone riff ×4
@@runnethdown its bad to the bone
@@Takon_pilot Mannish Boy is the song Bad to the Bone is based on, I just personally like it better
I think they are called Suicide Knobs because in the event of an accident your chest or head will become a punching bag for the knob
You are correct. I have one in my 06 Merc Mariner. So if the air bag ever goes off I wonder if it will get popped with the suicide knob. But its a great addition to my steering.
I've been told it's because they've been known to break off mid-turn, causing the driver to lose control.
@@ryans.5998 It's kinda both tbh, and I say this as someone who has a suicide knob as an accessibility modification in their car.
@@richardmillhousenixon There was a dude that lived on the ground floor of the first apartment complex I lived in with my then wife. He drove this late 90's, early 00's red minivan with a suicide knob on the steering wheel. The man was pretty old and used a walker. He always had killer style and wore a dope hat. He would drive his minivan over to the dumpster to throw his trash away even.
That knob made me nervous and he was a really nice guy. I'd help him put his groceries into his apartment, take his trash to the dumpster for him, walk him to his car. He never told me his name. I never told him mine either. We did talk a lot though. I knew him better than my then wife did, but leading up to and after having our child this already nice old man would wear a smile larger than life when he saw any of us. I haven't lived in those apartments for a while now. I haven't seen the man since moving, but I hope he's doing well still.
Edit: The suicide knob.... The reason I typed this much...
I knew he needed the knob to comfortably drive his van, but the knob made me nervous for him; I did what I could when I could so he didn't have to drive. In the process I improved my own life, and I hope I made his a little better.
@@renz-ey707 The ones built as an actual accessibility modification are so over engineered that there is no one point of failure. The most common design clamps down on the steering wheel so hard that it will permanently deform the wheel in that location.
Ahh yes. The infamous suicide spinner. My favorite
Steering knobs are illegal in my state (TN) unless you're legally handicapped. I still have one in my 1985 International S1900 I use for work.
The same is true in most states, they are only legal as accessibility modifications and even then they have to be installed in a certain way and be made so no one single fastener is preventing the whole thing from coming loose or falling off completely.
Does anyone else audibly says out loud “Dudes with wrenches here!!!” When the video start? Or only my dumb arse?
Yeah that’s true
You are not the only one Lol
What the hell is an arse
Samantha P for me it started on the second video I watched 😎
Arse? What kind of stone age bullshit
Love starting my day with duuuuddes with wreenches
I never even thought to ride with my hand on the inside of the wheel. That's just really dumb.
Dislocated both my thumbs hitting a rut in an old MOPAR..... 😫😂
"You can hold it here if you know what you're doing."
* Horn starts blaring *
This is very relatable, thanks for the laugh
That’s a 64 Fairlane, bro is there any car you don’t freakin have?? Jesus
Don’t do that in a power steering car even haha
Goooood Morning Vietnam!!
Lol
Robin Williams offed himself.
They also called them suicide knobs
I always love passing other fairlanes on the road
I sometimes do just that though. I usually just have my arm propped up on the door while softly pinching the 9-10 o'clock position, just hard enough to veer the car where i need to until i actually make a turn. Got manual steering as well.
Just wait until you hit a pothole, ask me how I know
The riff of "Bad to the Bone" automatically played in my head when I saw that shifter
I've heard them called suicide knobs.
A friend of mine broke his thumb when we're out wheeling cause he was holding his wheel with his thumb through the opening.
This remind me of my dad long time ago when he crashed to a rock and then the steering wheel rotate and broke his arm.
I have been looking at older cars a lot more recently, i found you at just the right time. Question do you have a pontiac transam because that would be really cool
What generation of transam
@@DudesWithWrenches let’s be real sir all 4 generations are dope
@@thats_not_glue 2nd is the best tho
3rd is the coolest
@@chris_htepo everyone likes different shit ig.
I was taught to keep my thumbs to the outside of the steering wheel too where you get them broke that way
I love those little wheel knobs
Seeing as how my first 2 vehicles (both older trucks) I had were manual steering, I learned that same lesson the hard way and even today in my new trucks I never put my hands I side the wheel. Never really occurred to me why but now I know
Was that a 1964 fairlane 500?
Truth!!! My 69 Chevy C20 I used to have when I was with manual steering, manual brakes (drums on all 4 corners) I had the suicide knob which helped with steering. Anyway keep it up
Keep what up?
@@phatgringo2.0 The content on his UA-cam channel
The good old wrist breaker! 😆
I love the futuristic look of that steering wheel.
62-65 Fairlane. This one is a 64. I like the 63 Fairlane 500 horn ring more than the 64s.
We always called them "necker's noobs" since it frees up your right arm to put it around your girl who is sitting on the bench seat next to you.
Until you're driving a manual 😅
@@Natej3ds second and fourth were the best gears!
@@phillipg9345 facts or at least till you're driving an 82 Mazda B2200 😂 then it's 3rd and 4th
“Ask me how I know…” LOL, I use this line on my kids all the time to teach them life lessons.😂
My old dump truck is 8 revolutions lock to lock vs about 3 in my car, I almost crashed it in a tree the first time I drove it cause I didn't turn fast enough
Love that old dash. And of course that shifter
Riding with your hand in the wheel can be dangerous in an old car.
Riding in an old car in any way can be dangerous, that’s part of the fun.
"Ask me how."
Me: How?
Not going to lie, my first car was manual steering and I much prefer the road feel and response I got from that, than any hydraulic/electric steering. And it even had the added bonus of making every day arm day.
The instant I saw the shifter, in my head I heard the intro riff to bad to the bone playing.
That gear shifter 💀
I think they're illegal now in my state unless you're disabled or driving a semi.
Pretty sure most states they are
@@henrytoledo4103 Didn't stop me from putting one on my Jeep. X3
All of the tractors on my father's farm had steering knobs even with power steering (we added those) because it made practical operation easier - we were often steering with our left hands and operating hydraulic controls with the right.
Or sitting side saddle to watch the implement behind you. Such as a hay baler where there was so many moving parts to watch, four rolls of wire to watch, and the person on the wagon racking the bales.
Driving off-road is another time to not put your thumbs inside the wheel, power steering or not.
Nice shifter lol - miss old days junkyard had so many classics - parts - man
And if you get in a crash, that knob is going to feel real good on your ribs with that old steering wheel with no airbag haha
You know what you're doing by going through it.
Its actually dangerous to ride with your hand like that in new cars too, if you get in a crash and the steering wheel jolts you'll have a broken hand
Not gonna lie I’ve never had that happen to me while driving with my hand in the steering wheel
Then you haven't driven a manual steering truck. I drive manual steer every day. It will happen when you least expect it. Just a little pothole at the right angle and your hands busted.
That knob is the most dangerous thing about it! 😂 If you crash, you impale yourself on it!!!
The good ole' wrist breaker. 😆
I went to a driving seminar a year after getting my license. The instructor told anyone who rides with one hand at the top of the wheel to smear some honey on the back of the hand so "it tastes nicer when the airbag makes your hand break your nose"
If you don't learn everything the hard way, you dont learn anything..
Words of wisdom ma man 🥸
10 and 2 buddy, 10 and 2. 😂😂😂
Hi Mr Wrenches.
I have a 59Apache NAPCO 4X4 conversion.
If you have any NAPCO's would you please speak about them.
They don’t help as much as you think, if you are in love with the knobs you may not realize how much you oversteer and over correct!
The knows we're good,if you know what your doing
Yep, it does hurt!
I had a spinner knob on a couple older cars, in my youth.😎
Mine doesn't even tie downright it just wears the paint off the wheel and gets stuck.
I hear a district 5 notes in my head when I see that shifter
💀💀💀
When I was a kid in high school, my '51 Ford was non-power steering. I recall it was seven turnes of the steering wheel from lock to lock. I put on one of those "suicide knobs" to make turning faster. If you let go of the knob, the steering wheel would spin like a top and bust your hand.
In the 60s those would have been helpful tips! That explans my driving instructor had no pinky finger in 1979!
Hand-in-wheel is also dangerous in new cars, because airbags…
Same thing in any car, your gonna break your arm if the air bag goes off
That’s the thing. These cars didn’t have airbags. Or practically any safety besides a lap belt lmao
I do hope this account is paying off for you. One of my favorites.
I learned about bumpsteer in basic training. Driving one of the last jeeps from a drill, we transferred from offroad to pavement, and it was NOT a gentle transition. Whacked my index finger, but it popped back into place. 😬
My steering wheel knob got caught on my rosary hanging from rearview mirror. I had to quickly rip my mirror off
Can confirm, bumped a curb with my manual rack s10 once and the wheel went for a ride
When I was a kid in high school, my '51 Ford was non-power steering. I recall it was seven turned of the steering wheel from lock to lock. I put on one of those "suicide knobs" to make turning faster. If you let go of the knob, the steering wheel would spin like a top and bust your hand.
Back in the day when you actually have to have common sense and muscle to drive a car
I peep your pfp though 💯
Your mom had big biceps I'll bet.
So long as the tires are moving, and they are inflated, it's fine. But parking it.....
Called em' "suicide knobs" back in the day.
Every neckernob folds out of the way when you have both hands free. Learned to never wrap fingers and thumb around wheel , jam a thumb once and that lesson is never forgotten 🍺
lol, thats some play in that wheel right there dude!!!
I recently watched your short about electric fuel pumps and I was wondering if your opinion was the same for electric steering in older vehicles that didn’t come with it originally? Would love to hear your take on this. Keep up the awesome vids man, love these older cars 👍👍👍🤌🤌🤌🤙🤙🤙👌👌👌
This is another reason people were so much tougher back in the day.
The shifter be like: 💀
Love love love your shifter knob
Miss my fairlane......I learned this lesson the hardway as well 😅.
He sounds like he works at los santos and that gun store 😂
My grandpa was born without the ability to rotate one of his arms. Always used that suicide knob!
I grew up driving trucks and cars with manual steering and wheel spinners. Never got hurt by a steering wheel or wheel spinner.... I never closed a refrigerator door on my own hand either.....
That gearstick just be *bad to the bone*
I was 16 and drove a 66 f100. 390 bb and no power steering. This old truck had 275/60 15. Anything over 60 was a wild ride.
Love a 64 Fairlane. Nice!
Bro got the headbone shifter
When I was a kid, my mom had a 78 Corolla hatchback. Manual transmission, manual steering, manual every thing that could be manual. That thing would bump steer if you sneezed while driving. 🤣 Damn cold a/c. Which was a rare luxury at that time.
Miss Roe taught me never put you hand there. She said " her friend had both hand cut off when he was rear ended in Camero with old modified steering wheel (metal one with holes warped in back ) both hands gone .
We always call them knucklebusters
Guy I worked with had a lifted Sidekick with solid front axle, one of the CV joints broke and he ended up with a broken wrist and broken thumb from the wheel bucking on him.
Thats why I broke my my fingers in my s15 last year and Yesterday in my 1970 Plymouth Satellite.
Had a 65 Plymouth that had the infamous kick back steering.
Haha 😅
Sooooo……
About that question 🤔
How do ya know 😬
Where I live driving school teach you that and it's also a fault in the exam if you do it
@Dudes With Wrenches
Steering knobs, aka suicide knobs, were for a brief period outlawed and still considered illegal in some places. Often times people got lazy and used the knob continuously to steer the vehicle, weakening the shaft at its base and while in use were prone to snapping off spontaneously.
Here in Norway, i had a volvo 240GL 1987..got a fair few steering smacks from that..also a few smacks to the thigh from the shifter, you know..when it does the stopper wobble
The good ole knuckle busters
My grandfather had a knob on everything but he only had one hand got the other mashed off in a industrial accident
About broke my wrists in a 76 Jeep Cherokee. Wasn't a big deal when it had power steering, but after that went out I wasn't aware that would or could happen. Lesson learned, but I was having a blast when I did it
I know someone who broke 2 fingers with a manual steering vehicle. It was a international harvester scout.
"💀" jumpscare
Ayo my grandfather was in a wheelchair most of his life, he always had one of these in his van and it worked great because he had to use his right hand for the pedals
They were suicide knobs when I was growing up. They use to be on all semi trucks.
Ideally pretty cool old skool cars on this channel....
Still haven't seen a dude nor a wrench and it's been awhile watching these. 😕 🙃
That steering knob is like a fortlift