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UKNOWME · 05-22-2016, 08:34 PM

Does anyone make a direct replacement steering shaft for our trucks using u-joints? I have found custom made applications but nothing as a direct fit. I've heard switching from the rag joint to a u-joint is a huge improvement.

nonstop · 05-23-2016, 12:22 AM

You can use one off a jeep - if you search here, it will tell you models and years. Did it to mine. Nice improvement.

UKNOWME · 05-23-2016, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by nonstop

You can use one off a jeep - if you search here, it will tell you models and years. Did it to mine. Nice improvement.

I did a search. Maybe just not hard enough. Was it a direct fit or did you have to modify?

Hammered 77 · 05-23-2016, 07:37 AM

If I remember right, Jeep Cherokee 1984-2001 and Borgeson makes a universal fit our trucks. It's a little more $$$.

Rick

RodsGreen10 · 05-23-2016, 08:12 AM

https://www.performanceonline.com/ch...ints-u-joints/

Pontiac1976 · 05-23-2016, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonstop

You can use one off a jeep - if you search here, it will tell you models and years. Did it to mine. Nice improvement.

You will have to grove the upper part of the shaft where the bolt goes through. It's a little different there.

nonstop · 05-23-2016, 05:39 PM

Depends on the year - mine didn't need grooving.

wilkin250r · 05-23-2016, 05:46 PM

There might be more tutorials out there, but this is a decent explanation. I don't think it gives the exact year/model of jeep to pull the intermediate shaft from, and I don't know off the top of my head, but I have seen that information here on this website so I know it exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9C4RdvjPNQ

midnight rambler · 05-24-2016, 12:42 AM

Interested in this also

Hammered 77 · 05-24-2016, 07:10 AM

What's your thoughts about a collapsible vs solid shaft? The Boregson is and the Jeep is but I've seen some that are a solid DD. Would make a difference in a front end crash.

Rick

midnight rambler · 05-24-2016, 10:43 AM

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...shaft+in+a+c10

nonstop · 05-24-2016, 11:31 AM

I found it somewhere on line, but what I did for mine was take the jeep shaft, and burn out the plastic like suggested. I next welded a strip of metal along one side of the upper shaft. I drilled and tapped 3 holes in the strip. I put set screws into each hole. I tightened them up to take up any play, but not overly tight, and used red loc tite on them. This still should collapse and took care of the play.

05-22-2016, 08:34 PM	#1
UKNOWME Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Clovis, NM Posts: 2,705	U-joint intermediate steering shaft Does anyone make a direct replacement steering shaft for our trucks using u-joints? I have found custom made applications but nothing as a direct fit. I've heard switching from the rag joint to a u-joint is a huge improvement. __________________ 2018 Audi S5- wife's ride 1980 Chevy Scottsdale http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=543511 1981 Chevy Silverado- in pieces 1964 Chevy c10 2017 Jeep Wrangler JKU

05-23-2016, 12:22 AM	#2
nonstop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Northern California Posts: 422	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft You can use one off a jeep - if you search here, it will tell you models and years. Did it to mine. Nice improvement.

05-23-2016, 07:37 AM	#4
Hammered 77 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Pendleton, Indiana Posts: 235	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft If I remember right, Jeep Cherokee 1984-2001 and Borgeson makes a universal fit our trucks. It's a little more $$$. Rick

05-23-2016, 08:12 AM	#5
RodsGreen10 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Richmond,KY and Knoxville,TN Posts: 1,584	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft https://www.performanceonline.com/ch...ints-u-joints/

05-23-2016, 05:39 PM	#7
nonstop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Northern California Posts: 422	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft Depends on the year - mine didn't need grooving.

05-23-2016, 05:46 PM	#8
wilkin250r Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada Posts: 755	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft There might be more tutorials out there, but this is a decent explanation. I don't think it gives the exact year/model of jeep to pull the intermediate shaft from, and I don't know off the top of my head, but I have seen that information here on this website so I know it exists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9C4RdvjPNQ __________________ I know a little about cars, but if you have a question about electricity or sport quads, I'm your man!!!

05-24-2016, 12:42 AM	#9
midnight rambler Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: san diego ca Posts: 618	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft Interested in this also

05-24-2016, 07:10 AM	#10
Hammered 77 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Pendleton, Indiana Posts: 235	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft What's your thoughts about a collapsible vs solid shaft? The Boregson is and the Jeep is but I've seen some that are a solid DD. Would make a difference in a front end crash. Rick

05-24-2016, 10:43 AM	#11
midnight rambler Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: san diego ca Posts: 618	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...shaft+in+a+c10

05-24-2016, 11:31 AM	#12
nonstop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Northern California Posts: 422	Re: U-joint intermediate steering shaft I found it somewhere on line, but what I did for mine was take the jeep shaft, and burn out the plastic like suggested. I next welded a strip of metal along one side of the upper shaft. I drilled and tapped 3 holes in the strip. I put set screws into each hole. I tightened them up to take up any play, but not overly tight, and used red loc tite on them. This still should collapse and took care of the play.



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