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Old 04-02-2016, 03:01 PM
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4th gen steering shaft

Ran a few searches and could not find any topics on this. Does anyone know if the steering shaft from the 4th gen cars can fit in ours? I know the Jeep or Astro shafts are popular, but has anyone tried the 4th gen shafts?

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Re: 4th gen steering shaft

Originally Posted by sahlomonic
I know the Jeep or Astro shafts are popular, but has anyone tried the 4th gen shafts?
The shaft "appears" to be too short. Sorry, no real experience.

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Re: 4th gen steering shaft

Yup, you are correct. Maybe this can serve as a sticky somewhere, but the 4th gen steering shafts are around 13" and non adjustable for length, and ours are around 18".
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Re: 4th gen steering shaft

the 4th gens have rack and pinion steering, which probably has a different shaft size and spline count on top of being in a totally different location than the Saginaw steering box in the older cars.
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Re: 4th gen steering shaft

It does not fit. The 4th gen column will fir but you have to fully collapse the shaft.
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