3rd Gen Tech: Cummins Steering wheel logo
 

I came up with a way to replace the Dodge ram head on my steering wheel, and replace it with the Cummins “C”. I actually thought of it while doing the front Grille Cummins “C”, but it’s taken me a little while to get around to it.

This is what I came up with.

The first thing that needs to be done, is removing the current Ram head on the steering wheel.
I used a small screwdriver for this and pried vigorously until it came off. There are 3 posts that are on the emblem and go through the Steering wheel cover, so removal was difficult. Eventually, I won.

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Steering wheel without the emblem

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At first, I had not decided which emblem to go with. These were the 2 finalists. These are actually lapel pins, or hat pins, and the small size is perfect for this mod.
In the pic below, part number CI0026 is on the left and CI0025 is on the right. The quarter is for size reference. These can be purchased from Cummins PowerStore - Apparel, accessories, T-shirts, mugs, travel gear, bags, puzzles, gifts, pet accessories, totes, pencils, journals, pens, and jackets
or as in my case, from my local Rocky Mountain Cummins facility. I decided to go with the Black Cummins “C”.

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I had to come up with a plastic background for the emblem. I used a piece of plastic wire spool, because it was handy. Any hard plastic would work, and since I intended to paint it, I wasn’t too picky about the source.

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I placed the old emblem on the scrap plastic piece upside down to trace it out to obtain the shape for my new emblem’s background.

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I traced it out with a Sharpie

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Using a cut off wheel in a side grinder, I roughly cut out the shape of the background piece.

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I used a Bench grinder to true up the shape, leaving a little of the “Red” from the marker for final shaping.

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Final shaping was done with sandpaper, I also beveled the edges a little with the sand paper.

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I used a Scotch Brite pad for smoothing and blending, and also to rough up the plastic for painting.

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Continued
 

I then went to the steering wheel to test fit the piece. Looks good enough.

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I then smoothed the steering wheel area where the emblem will go with sandpaper, basically, removing some of the high spots, and creating a good bonding surface for the RTV I intend to use to attach it.

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I then painted the background piece a metallic Silver, and drilled a hole for the pin on the emblem. You can get an idea of where to drill the hole by placing the emblem approximately where you want it, and then pushing the pin into the background piece, making a mark on it. If you choose to use the “Cummins Power” emblem, it will just sit a little higher on the background piece so the “power” script clears.

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I applied a little RTV to the back of the emblem and carefully attached it to the background piece. The metal flake on the background piece looks pretty large in this pic, I think it was my camera setting.

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After waiting for the RTV to set, I bent the pin over to help hold the emblem to the background. Next, the completed emblem gets RTV’ed to the Steering wheel. I used masking tape to hold it in place (Keep it from sliding or moving while the RTV dried)
I didn’t take a pic of this step, I figured you could all just “Visualize” it.

Here’s a pic of the Finished emblem.

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This was supposed to be the final Cummins Edition modification to my truck… Until I saw the super cool Valve covers made by ChromeStackMafia, who is a vendor here on the Forum… now I have to have one of those! Here’s a link:

https://www.dieselbombers.com/diesel...lve-cover.html

Thanks for checking it out, and as always questions and comments are welcome!

NOT BAD MAKES ME THINK CNC MILLED BILLET INSERT!

ALRIGHT OLD MAN HOW MUCH I WANT ONE NOW NICE WORK BILL

Thanks for the compliment, (I think?) ya onery ol bastid!

I had the idea the background should be the same color as your truck, unless it's black, then the "C" wont show up so well. In that case, you might have to pick a secondary color combo to try to make it look like it came that way... ya follow me here?

Even if you just duplicate the color of the steering wheel for the background piece, (Once again, as long as it isn't black.)

What color is your truck, Chad?:w2:

:rocking: That is sweet and it looks good.

Thanks! :U:

I think Chad's truck is PINK Bill! :choochoo:

Well then... Maybe I should make him one that is a little more in line with his sexual orientation... :gayflag:


:lol88:

dang it Bill you gotta stop doing cool stuff and making it all yourself and what not, what would i ever have to be jealous of if you stopped making cool stuff?