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Re: 67-72 steering column shaft in 66' Column
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Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy
I used a '68 shaft in a '65 column, worked great. I wanted to have the capability of having a collapsible steering shaft in a collision, so I used the intermediate shaft from my '79 donor truck. I cut off the factory encased u-joint from the intermediate and bought a 3/4 D-D to 36 spline u-joint from Flaming River. I had to shorten the shaft slightly in order for it to mate up with the steering box ('79 half-ton, power box). To shorten it, I drilled through the plastic shear rivets and then using a mini-sledge and a 4x4 block, I compressed the shaft to get it to the length I needed.
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Great information. Thanks
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