Installing steering shaft?
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Installing steering shaft?
I can't for the life of me get my steering shaft to go onto the column shaft. Am I missing something??
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Re: Installing steering shaft?
Oe. Seems to be a really tight fit. The splines are on the opposite end that goes into the steering box. This end has the pinch bolt but I can't get it to go in even with lube.
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Re: Installing steering shaft?
I'm not sure what socket you're speaking of. This is the factory intermediate shaft that has no u-joint on the end that connects to the columns shaft. From the looks of it either end just goes together and the pinch bolt goes thru the hole but if only it were that simple.
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Nvm I found a pic
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Re: Installing steering shaft?
Check post #4, pic #3—which I think answers your question.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...ing-shaft.html
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Re: Installing steering shaft?
Check post #4, pic #3—which I think answers your question.
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...ing-shaft.html
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Re: Installing steering shaft?
I had 3 thirdgen columns so I tried the others and they would go on the shaft too easy. I ended up taking my complete column apart and swapping the parts over to a column where the shaft fit fine but now I can't get the intermediate shaft to extend at all so I can bolt it to the s10 steering box.
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I see how there are splines but the factory shaft is way too small to fit around the s10 part.
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i just ordered the upgraded from from Matt Walter thru eBay. I'm getting frustrated with this car and hoping things will finally work out soon.
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