Replacing steering wheel on '89 292 SR-1
 

I just purchased an '89 292 SR-1. Been looking at them for years and finally found a real nice one at a good price. Now I want to replace the gauges, throttles and steering wheel with Livorsi products. Question is whether or not the steering shaft is round and tapered or not? Will it be a simple swap, or will I need something else other than the wheel and hub. Looking at a Momo Spargi. Also, is there enough clearance between the gauges to add a bezel to each gauge? Boat is not near so was hoping for some feedback. Thanks!
Doug

Did U Buy A 89 292 From Haverhill/ma /plaistow Nh Area???

And Yes You Can Fit Livorsi Guages With Bezels In That Dash Steerring Wheel Should Just Be The Adapter And New Wheel

Yup! Nice boat! Is that you Courtney? Thanks for the info!

I just did the dash in my 1988 272 and I used all livorsi stuff. Gauges and bezels, steering wheel, and controls.

The gauges will fit without bezels but I wanted to use them so I need to have new dash panels made.

The steering wheel is no problem at all.

The controls required the dash to be cut out to fit them as the livorsi controls are larger than the keikhaefer controls it came with. Needed a new panel to accomodate a trim bezel for the controls as the livorsi bezel is actually wider than the factory dash panel.

Thanks Baja. Do you have any photos you could post? Also did you get the monster Mega series or just standard size? I plan to make new panels out of carbon fiber, so no problem there.

I could probably email you some pics. I used standard size gauges.

I don't know about your dash but under the tachs and speedo there were 7 factory gauges. Only 6 would fit there with the bezels. that is why I got the new panels. I moved the fuel gauge down to the panel with the ignition switches and bought tachs with built in hour meters.

i had mine made of carbon fiber as well. They look pretty good.

Not Courtney But I Know Him Boat With Him, You Got A Great Boat!!

Baja---did You Just Use The Livorsi Hub Adapter And It Goes Right On To Formula Helm?? Did It Stick Out Any Further??

I did use a livorsi hub adapter, it looks really nice. Installed with no problems. But yes, it does stick out a little farther than the original. If I have the seat up on my bolster it touches my legs a bit. Not terrible and I am already used to it.

I think they make an adapter that is a little shorter than the one I used. If I did it over again I would look for the shorter one. Tilt steering would help too!

They make 2", 4" and 6" hub adapters. (Livorsi calls this a 3/4" tapered shaft adapter) I assume you used a 4"? Also, did you need a 6 bolt steering wheel adapter, that you only put 3 bolts into to line up the wheel?
Thanks.

I may be wrong here. I was looking at CP Performance's website. They have separate shaft adapters and wheel adapters. If you keep the helm then I can see how it would come out further. Can the helm be eliminated so just the billet tapered shaft adapter connects the wheel to the dash?

I did the conversion from the old VDO to Gaffrig and Livorsi gauges on my old Donzi. I now have all Livorsi on my new Donzi.

What you get is a better looking set of gauges that suck. I am not sure if I would do it again if the old set of VDO's were in good condition. I have had many boats with VDO's over my lifetime and now on my 3rd with Livorsi (or Gaffrig by Livorsi) and I can safely say that the VDO's are a superior product even though they don't have the bling.

The throttles, if you have the kiekhaefer on the 292, aren't worth changing in my opinion. I went with a Gaffrig unit (maybe the Livorsi is better but I personally don't know). The kiekhaefer setup is better than gaffrig by a mile. I'd take it apart and repaint or have it powder coated rather than spend the dough on a new setup. Others can chime in on the livorsi controls that have experience.

For the updated look though. VDO aint gonna cut it. The controls though is up to you if the look is a big enough change.

I'm now considering Auto Meter Marine Ultra Lites. Are the smaller gauges 2 1/16" or 2 5/8"? And will the dash accommodate monster series tachs and speedos, or do I need to stick with 3 3/8"? I'm not planning to use bezels.