Does A.............

[1974ChevyC10]

steering shaft from a non-tilt steering column fit into a tilt steering column without alot of modifications or is it a put it it and go type deal?reason i ask is when me and a buddy put the steering wheel i bought from rage n rat into my truck the other day well the truck wheel didnt want to come out to easily at first-the nut stripped and galled the threads.so we used a die to recut the threads but my friends tap and die set is a cheap one and frankly sucks so while it cut the new threads its not the prettiest job and i fear it may have damaged the shaft beyond the point of repair and i have another column that i can take the shaft from but its a non-tilt and i have tilt in my truck so i need to know for knowledge's sake more than anything if it will work and has anyone done this type of swap before.

[Russell]

I doub't it'll work. A tilt column steering shaft is actually a two peice shaft with a u-joint in it so you can steer no matter what angle the column is at, while a non-tilt column has a straight through design (as far as I know) If you are good at welding, I guess you could probally hack saw the top off both columns and weld the non-tilt column's top in...

[1974ChevyC10]

i was actually talking about this with my dad last night and he told me the same thing about the shaft having a u-joint in it.so i know now it wont work so i guess i either have to get it checked out to see if the shaft is toast and if so its either get the tilt fixed or go back to a non-tilt column which i would rather not do-the tilt steering has kinda grown on me.

[Russell]

I think I might have the part you need here, in a trashed column that was in my truck when I got it. I'll have to check and make sure that it isn't stripped either...

[1974ChevyC10]

Originally Posted by Russell

I think I might have the part you need here, in a trashed column that was in my truck when I got it. I'll have to check and make sure that it isn't stripped either...

really well thats great.let me know what ya find and we will work out the details from there.

[1974ChevyC10]

bump-
russell you looked for that part yet

[Russell]

Sorry, been busy with a motor swap tonight -- I'll take a look after I get the new 350 fired up later on tonight...

[1974ChevyC10]

Originally Posted by Russell

Sorry, been busy with a motor swap tonight -- I'll take a look after I get the new 350 fired up later on tonight...

Its cool just curious-pm me with the details when ya get a chance.