S10 swap steering

[iokua80]

Does anyone have some pictures of how they did the steering on the s10 swap?? I'm trying to hook up the s10 power steering box and the stock AD steering shaft. Thought I had it but it seems to want to bind up. Any help would be great.
Josh

[Lrall]

Originally Posted by iokua80

Does anyone have some pictures of how they did the steering on the s10 swap?? I'm trying to hook up the s10 power steering box and the stock AD steering shaft. Thought I had it but it seems to want to bind up. Any help would be great.
Josh

You wont be able to do it, s10 steering sector has a spline setup and the AD shaft is bolted in or whatever it is. The only way i know of to mate the 2 steering components up is to either cut and weld the AD shaft to the s10 spline shaft or i believe there is a kit to mate them together. Ill do some looking and see what i come up with
lr

[iokua80]

Thanks. The first mock up of the steering didn't work. The top universal joint was binding in itself and was not allowing the shaft to turn freely. A buddy and I shortened the support mount for the s10 shaft and shortened the AD shaft. This in turn put everything in more of a straight line. The first couple of full turns went smoothly. Then a weak tack weld broke so not sure if it is going to work. We believe it will. The place where you got your kit sells a kit for the steering. 3 universal joints 2 pieces of shaft and a support bearing for like 360 or so...Kinda steep if we can make this mock up work. Oh well. That's what fabrication is all about.


How's your swap coming? Haven't seen any updates lately

Josh

[jeffs51chevy]

I haven't started on the steering yet, but here is an old post from a guy who has done a few of these swaps.
http://talk.classicparts.com/showthr...highlight=swap
Hope it helps.