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gag1025 · 06-17-2012, 10:44 PM

In my rebuild (of a '53 Chevy truck I bought a couple of years ago) I am installing a new SS steering column with a slip shaft and two universals. I see many trucks on eBay using a solid shaft instead of a slip shaft or a rag joint. In disassembling my truck I found out that it had both parts of a slip shaft welded together. Somewhere along the way a force was generated that was strong enough to actually break the weld. I would hate to think what would have happened had it not. To me this is both unsafe as well as damaging to the steering system. Please feel free to comment.

06-17-2012, 10:44 PM	#1
gag1025 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Gibsonville, NC Posts: 334	Straight Steering Shaft In my rebuild (of a '53 Chevy truck I bought a couple of years ago) I am installing a new SS steering column with a slip shaft and two universals. I see many trucks on eBay using a solid shaft instead of a slip shaft or a rag joint. In disassembling my truck I found out that it had both parts of a slip shaft welded together. Somewhere along the way a force was generated that was strong enough to actually break the weld. I would hate to think what would have happened had it not. To me this is both unsafe as well as damaging to the steering system. Please feel free to comment.