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reserved for pics of powder coated bracket

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nothing to see here folks, just drive shaft #5

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media blasted its center support bracket plate thingie

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I also decided to spreadarize it as it's easier to shorten a drive shaft than to lengthen it, and this will allow me to measurize it more easier and better (we think)

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this update brought to you by Rock Auto

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and AMAZON ... keeping landfills full of cardboard boxes since 1994

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big day today, hope to accomplish quite a bit, install brand new steering linkage, and get the radiator core support and inner fenders back on, among 7 million other little things, you know how it goes...

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so with a help of a friend got the steering linkage on, the inner fender, and the radiator core support

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then we took on the Prius power assist steering and decided to graft it into the GM intermediate steering shaft

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this is the side that will connect to the GM manual steering box using the stock rag joint

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here we are re clocking the Prius gizmo

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we also extracted the steering wheel shaft from the upper part that runs to the steering wheel

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then we sliced and diced the north pole, GM just calls this the Intermediate Shaft Coupler

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the GM intermediate shaft coupler married to the Prius upper steering column shaft

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and poked a hole in it to rosie weld it once it slipped on to the native Prius splines

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you are going to need a dance partner for the next part

Step 1. cut a bunch or random pieces that look like this

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Step 2. welder them all up in any random formation

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Originally Posted by Gregski (Post 9102054)

I also swung by Grainger [pronounced: "opposite of Harbor Freight"] and picked up another window for my media blasting cabinet, and oh my god, you can actually see inside that thing, who knew?

so then I went to town blasting everything in sight, no matter how big or small, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with these fender bolts now that they are naked? any ideas / suggestions

Very jealous of your blasting progress. I spent half the day today trying to get my blasting cabinet to work without any real success. You mind if I ask what media you are using, the pressure you are running the cabinet at and what nozzle tip you are using? This stuff is like black magic to me.

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mount it to the frame, and back away 50 feet

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enuff already mount the damn thing !!!

alright, alright...

mounted it looks great, is strong as hell, and it even turns them wheels

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It almost looks like a truck again

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sorry guys and gals it was literally 106°F today and 200° in the Good Enuff Garage so as much as I wanted to shoot a video I'm sure the camera would not have worked in the sauna

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the Prius power assist project implementation summarized:

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Originally Posted by 72 tigger (Post 9102459)

Getting closer….

Yes Sir, we're almost back to square one and may actually get back to the EV Conversion part, lol

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can you guess which Pitmaster arm The Greg needs?!

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I think I missed my calling as a plastic surgeon

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a 1,000 cuts later...

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Ha, just got back in town and went through the steering column build. I had those same "doodads" when I built mine. Also, that bracket you built looks a lot like the ones I 'found' for my front bumper to mount to the S10 frame.

Getting close, can you feel it yet?

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good enuff for government work

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Originally Posted by layinrocker65 (Post 9102639)

Looking good dude

thanks, what part of Cali is you in?

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sure, we labored in the blistering garage all day yesterday only for it to completely cool off to only 105°F today

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also got the brand new Grant steering circle installed

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though I don't like how far it sticks out, I don't have a back seat to steer from

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I'm thinking eliminating the specialized riser all together