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Intermediate Steering Shaft Replacment
I tried building a new one from Flaming River, ended up with a notchy on-center steering wheel and $600 less in the bank. I probably f'ed up as I've never done anything like it before, but this is what I tried:
FR1717DD 3/4" DD X 1" DD Universal Billet-Joint
FR1810KS 3/4" Support Bearing Kit with Straight Bracket
FR1850SSPL 18" Stainless DD Shaft - Polished Finish
Flaming River FR1794 Double Steering U-Joint
FR1717DD 3/4" DD X 1" DD Universal Billet-Joint
FR1810KS 3/4" Support Bearing Kit with Straight Bracket
FR1850SSPL 18" Stainless DD Shaft - Polished Finish
Flaming River FR1794 Double Steering U-Joint
I tried building a new one from Flaming River, ended up with a notchy on-center steering wheel and $600 less in the bank. I probably f'ed up as I've never done anything like it before, but this is what I tried:
FR1717DD 3/4" DD X 1" DD Universal Billet-Joint
FR1810KS 3/4" Support Bearing Kit with Straight Bracket
FR1850SSPL 18" Stainless DD Shaft - Polished Finish
Flaming River FR1794 Double Steering U-Joint
FR1717DD 3/4" DD X 1" DD Universal Billet-Joint
FR1810KS 3/4" Support Bearing Kit with Straight Bracket
FR1850SSPL 18" Stainless DD Shaft - Polished Finish
Flaming River FR1794 Double Steering U-Joint
I don't know that we have anyone who has put a do-it-yourself tutorial for this or found acceptable parts for this, but you should be able to take the unit to a good machine shop for them to figure out.
The intermediate shaft on mine has a rough bearing on one side, just on one axis, probably the one the gets used the most. I saw on rockauto that theres a "steering shaft universal joint" listed for the 93-02 fbody and many other cars, acdelco 26057095, just a couple of plastic pieces like maybe just what's inside the u-joint. I don't see any way to take the u-joints apart though. Anyone know if this is possible?
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The intermediate shaft on mine has a rough bearing on one side, just on one axis, probably the one the gets used the most. I saw on rockauto that theres a "steering shaft universal joint" listed for the 93-02 fbody and many other cars, acdelco 26057095, just a couple of plastic pieces like maybe just what's inside the u-joint. I don't see any way to take the u-joints apart though. Anyone know if this is possible?