steering wheel spinner installed

[workingonit]

OK, it might be a temporary thing, but I installed a large steering wheel spinner on my E53 yesterday. I have to drive it quite a bit tomorrow (maybe 30-40 miles, but some in traffic, and more on winding two-lane roads with sharp turns and switchbacks). Doctor visits and shopping trip.

I seem to be falling apart, with decrepitude at all four limbs (my wife says five); specifically, lately, my sprained left wrist with hyper-extended thumb can't grab the steering wheel tightly enough, nor am I able to make large/sweeping steering motions using my right arm (longtime rotator cuff injury now much worse). So, I'm going to try using a steering wheel spinner, like my Granpa used on his '52 Chevy (war injury), and my mother did on her '54 Ford (she was weak & small), back in the day.

Normally, I love the tight steering of my X5, but last time I drove it, my rotator cuff gave me problems on tight turns, and has grown much worse since then. I don't want to have the wife drive me everywhere in her Lexus, like an old man (I am old, a BOOMER1, 14 years older than she is, referred to as the "old Fart" by her snotty GENX friends), so I'm going "old school" with the spinner.

We'll see how it works tomorrow, and if it helps a lot, it might remain installed. It fit nicely/tightly over the steering wheel cover I use (to protect the factory leather wheel), and looks OK. For $29, it's worth a try, at least until/or if my left and right arms improve. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNCKK74D...fed_asin_title

[80stech]

Haha, don't show her the box or you will get comments about Large head and big knob! Too bad you couldn't get an old school chrome one with the naked lady pic under the cap!

[workingonit]

Originally Posted by 80stech

Haha, don't show her the box or you will get comments about Large head and big knob! Too bad you couldn't get an old school chrome one with the naked lady pic under the cap!

If I did get one, she might retaliate by getting a "WNBA floor decoration" device to replace her shift knob on the Lexus.

We're both too old for those things.

[Homerlovesbeer]

Originally Posted by 80stech

Haha, don't show her the box or you will get comments about Large head and big knob! Too bad you couldn't get an old school chrome one with the naked lady pic under the cap!

Nothing like attaching an XL driving knob to your car

I hope it works out mate and you improve ASAP

[andrewwynn]

I think we used to call those suicide knob semi-officially a "Brodie Knob".

When visiting friends with a dairy farm noticed that they had on not just the tractors but the trucks and prob their station wagon as well.


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[haigha]

Hope your new knob helps with your trip

[andrewwynn]

He got it so he can play with his knob while he’s driving :-)

His "XL knob"

in all seriousness, I thought it wasn’t legal at least in some states but apparently it is even with some restrictions so hopefully it’s helpful


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[workingonit]

I'd never used a spinner before (the ones my Granpa and Mom had on their cars were in the 1950's, so I wasn't driving yet...I started in 1965), so this was my first time to use one. I tried it, maneuvering back out of my 90 degree driveway, and it was so easy, I just had to use it for all turns today.

I think it helped me track smoother around some switchbacks, at higher sppeds than usual, and it made parking at Sam's Club better too. It's a keeper. It may look funny, but I've always prized function over form (for instance my tablet on the dash for running Torque Pro while driving, and the motor speed controller on the console, that controls the aftermarket electric fan).


It's mounted on the left (bad wrist and thumb side), so I can grab it with my cupped hand and hold it much better than trying to grip the steering wheel itself. I put on a thicker wheel cover awhile back, to see if I could grip the wheel better, and that helped, at least until I sprained the wrist.

The Doctor gave me pills for my rotator cuff injury (right side), and some exercise instructions to follow, but I suspect my right arm will never be as good as before, and I might throw balls like an old man, from now on.

P.S. I never fondle my automotive equipment, so there!

[getty150]

Same here, however the left shoulder is coming back to form...still a little tender.
I thought about using one briefly.
Don't need it just yet...
I do plan on picking up a lubeguard product to help the steering function lighter.

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[Salty B.]

Ugh, yeah I get the shoulder pain thing; doc thought it was the rotator cuff but fortunately it was only a couple of bone spurs that he sawed off, so a quick recovery.

The pain was sudden and so bad I'd just hunch over and breathe fast until it passed. I feel for ya. Probably up there with the worst pain experienced in this life, so far (63+).