steering shaft trouble after AJE kmember install
04-07-2011, 06:02 PM
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same reason I've swapped too. I'm using 1" longer out tie rod ends with factory SN95 spindles. Its still a bit short but I'm going to use some .120 wall DOM tubing to cut, extended, slug, and reweld (it will be PLENTY strong and MUCH cheaper than an SN95 rack) the inner tie rods to extend them.
Anyways...I ran out to the garage just now and took apart my shaft, measured it, and snapped some pics for you.
This is the lower half. This is how far the shaft's slide together...to that little notch in the top.
Side by side. The sleeve is still on the small inner part to the right
Mine completely installed with the flaming river knuckle on the rack. Its out about an 1". SO it still have an 1 3/4" of engagement. I think I can slide it out of the fire wall a lil more too actually. It fits fine. This is with the fox rack. It will pull out LESS with the stock rag joint and sn95 rack. I don't know why your shaft is bound up though. Look at it and see if you can see the two notches. Someone before may have pounded it closed to far at one point....Other wise, I'd take a hammer to it and go to town.
Now for building my shaft, all I did was take a sawzall and cut the stock rag joint off the steering shaft leaving as MUCH shaft as possible, clean up the end, slid on the flaming river knuckle, mocked it all up in the car, tack welded it all together, pulled it out, cranked the heat and burnt it all together. You can BOLT it in there with set screws and it will be fine...I just had a welder and liked the piece of mind.
If you check my thread, I showed the fox rack install and steering shaft mods on the first page.
Last edited by ryclef331; 04-07-2011 at 06:13 PM.
04-07-2011, 08:44 PM
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Anyways...I ran out to the garage just now and took apart my shaft, measured it, and snapped some pics for you.
I don't know why your shaft is bound up though. Look at it and see if you can see the two notches. Someone before may have pounded it closed to far at one point....Other wise, I'd take a hammer to it and go to town.
I don't know why your shaft is bound up though. Look at it and see if you can see the two notches. Someone before may have pounded it closed to far at one point....Other wise, I'd take a hammer to it and go to town.
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