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Originally Posted by osaltyone
 Got my steering shaft mocked up. but bolts to tighten on the DD shaft seem really long.
Wondering what other have done? I was thinking 3 different options...
drilling through the DD shaft so their flush. would that compromise the integrity of the shaft?
I can tighten them up cut them down and then put a tack weld on them.
Find smaller bolts. Only problem I see is these seem to have a knurling @ the tip to grab the DD shaft. |
cheaper u joints are set up for hollow DD shafts, where the proper installation is to drill through ONLY ONE SIDE of the hollow DD shaft so that the set screw goes through one side and tightens on the inside of the other side, giving a measure of safety if the lock nut comes loose and the shaft is in tension (meaning its hanging from its set screws) would otherwise fall out.
with a solid DD shaft you can drill a pilot hole just slightly into the solid shaft and use shorter screws. or cut your longer ones, the knurling is less likely to be useful than tightening it completely and using the lock nut.