Technical Securing wires to steering column ?

Like the title says, any ideas for securing wiring from a signal switch to a 1 1/2” tubular column?

There’s no room for anything that penetrates the column like screws or the like because the steering shaft doesn’t allow it.
No clearance.

I don’t really want to just zip tie it

 

superglue?

 

Duct tape .

 

Tie wraps?

You might take a cue from the 54 Fords, there is a small U channel which could be easy to fabricate that runs down the outside of the column, you could make a cou[e of small taps to screw it to the column our use the tie wraps at the top and bottom to hold it in place, great way to hid the wires. HRP

 

made a channel by cutting 1/2 tubing in half lengthways for the wire and securing under column with small screws.. Had to make a small notch in drop for wire to go thru-looked fine when painted to match

 

peal and stick wiring channel from lowes stick it to column then paint it to match

 

How about Velcro? Not a lot of weight there.

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I'm thinking either making a clip about 1/2" wide that goes around 3/4 of the column with a bump in it the same size as your loom (and slightly bent out tabs to unhook it). Your wires in a flat loom and install the clip (one at top of column and one near bottom).

Or

A tube on top of the column (like a shift tube on a column shift) that starts at the steering collar, ends at the column drop and the wires go inside.

 

If you really don't want to make something then you could use a registration holder with the spring.

 

I second the Velcro tape . I have used it to attach plastic flat loom to a column.

 

I like the peel and stick wire channel idea and I’m going to look at the Velcro too.
I’ve seen pre cut reusable Velcro tie wraps that would probably work.

 

The 50s Chevys used a small spring that wrapped around the column and held the wire cover in place. The Signal switches for these cars was usually an add on accessory so the spring was also an after market solution to exposed wires on the column.

 

Something like this:

 

LOL we show our age when we mention registration holders held on with springs. That would work though.

 

So you won't even give my idea a smidge of a chance ?

 

The inner shaft is that close to the outer tube?
There’s usually at least 3/8 of air in there

 

I have had a watch holding the wires on my truck for the last 25 years.........

 

That’s about it. Not a lot of room.
Not much to work with.

 

Not a chance , my name isn’t Red Green

 

Sheet metal screw I understand. Ever think machine screw's? They can be cut to be flush to the interior wall of steering tube.

 

A very timely fix .

 

Agreed, its a factory problem with a factory solution. Different years and body styles, often pickups, had different lengths.

 

Large (1 3/4) diameter split loom. Or get an old vacuum cleaner hose and split it open. Secure it with black thread or string.

.bjb

 

Here's another way to do it.

 

I have a plan. It’s going to involve a little bit of fabrication and disassembly to install some 8x32 really shallow rivnuts (for short machine screws) that I located.

 

Well mission accomplished.
It was only a short distance from my Limeworks signal switch to the column drop however I wanted to have the wires covered and out of sight until they could go up behind the dash, tucked up behind the column drop.

I found some short 8x32 rivnuts which I installed and then tacked in place with the Tig.

After that I fabricated a little cover using some 3/4” conduit sliced down and went from there.
It’s secured by 8x32 x 3/8” stainless machine screws.

Should be nice and clean

 

Looks good, a nice clean, professional solution. Paint the screw heads!

 

This cover was pirated from a ‘60’s Dodge. The screws are trimmed slightly longer than the wall thickness of the outer column tube. If drilling and tapping isn’t an option I would use 2 sided tape, it has less material thickness than Velcro and would look a little cleaner.

 

No paint, it doesn’t stick to polished stainless anyway