Essexboy:
Our CPC guy said they were trying to make these illegal? Any truth in that or more BS?
I thought they already were, as far as I can see the only people who should need them are disabled drivers in specially adapted vehicles.
One of our 7.5 tonners has one on and when i drove it a few weeks ago i ended up with a slice in my right hand from the bloody thing.
Essexboy:
Our CPC guy said they were trying to make these illegal? Any truth in that or more BS?
MMTM! 
If i find one in a truck I am asked to drive I bring out a little adjustable spanner ( metric) that I carry specially for the job and remove knob and put it in the nearest locker ( overhead or underbunk) . Safest place for them in my opinion .
beefy4605:
If i find one in a truck I am asked to drive I bring out a little adjustable spanner ( metric) that I carry specially for the job and remove knob and put it in the nearest locker ( overhead or underbunk) . Safest place for them in my opinion .
how can a adjustable spanner be either metric or imperial 
beefy4605:
I bring out a little adjustable spanner ( metric)
eh?
green456:
how can a adjustable spanner be either metric or imperial
If it was a British truck it’d have to be a Whitworth!
(Brings back memories… used to send apprentices to the stores for a “metric adjustable spanner” 
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They ARE illegal, unless you are a one-armed driver.
Fail if you submit a truck for test with one on.
gnasty gnome:
green456:
how can a adjustable spanner be either metric or imperialIf it was a British truck it’d have to be a Whitworth!
(Brings back memories… used to send apprentices to the stores for a “metric adjustable spanner”
Left handed screwdriver ■■ Glass hammer ■■? Long Stand ■■? 
dont like them but what is the failure reason in the manual for them
I know a driver who loved his steering wheel knob, wouldn’t be without it. Soon changed his tune when the knob came off in his hand going round a corner one day. Hates them now! Fortunately no accident occurred though. I have a name for those steering wheel knobs but some might find it offensive! 
I’ve got one in my truck.
I don’t mind admitting it,I see lots of other trucks with them fitted.
It’s my truck so I shall put what the ■■■■ I want on it I don’t need the approval of all you super truckers.
Ok maybe it’s because I is ■■■■ at reversing, I like it and that’s that.
Also I leave me shoes on the top step and drive in carpet slippers.
Is that against some code of ruggedness or what?
Get a life FFS.
This is one of those rare occasions when I would agree with drivers having to pay for damage to a vehicle, steering wheel knobs inevitably cause damage to the steering wheel.
Only had one once, when I got a a very early series 2 FH. The steering wheel was a horrible slippery thing. Shame, beacuse the wheel in the old FH was the biz.
Disagree with the lot of you, I have used one since the 80s and wouldn’t be without it, if I get another motor without one it just feels strange, done 1000s of Ks over the years with my hand around my knob (mrs)… so zb you all
I can’t believe I’m the only one but it’s always the same on here every body jumps on something however trivial, everybody joins in, and few have the Max Walls to disagree 
robroy:
I can’t believe I’m the only one but it’s always the same on here every body jumps on something however trivial, everybody joins in, and few have the Max Walls to disagree
If it works for you, then fine. As you can see it doesn’t for the majority on here, and for various reasons.
Personally I dislike the things to the extent that, in the unlikely event of me owning a transport company, any employee of mine who fitted one without asking would be sacked on the spot for damaging company property.
Just out of interest; as a long-time user, do you have to remove the knob before MOT, and more to the point has the vehicle ever been failed because it was fitted? Serious question because there’s a lot of MMTM about this.
No seriously GG, I have fitted it to numerous motors which have been tested in UK, Holland, and Belgium and have never been told to remove it, as for your damage point I have a piece of thick rubber grip to absorb the tension, so it has never torn into the wheel, but I admit it does create a flat spot.
Well that post put the cat amongst the pigeons. I never thought it would generate that much response!
I’ve ordered one anyway, don’t really give a hoot what anybody thinks! 