will the ls1 steering shaft fit in lt1 cars

 

From what I have heard yes..If I remember correctly a couple guys switched during their LPP LT install.

 

yeah im going to need to switch because i grinded so much down its starting to rust through aha

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-02...QQcmdZViewItem
that would fit then correct?

 

NO,NO,NO,NO.................................

it will fit on the rack and column fine however your steering wheel will NOT be centered...

 

so then i should just stick with the lt1 steering shaft

 

visual of both from "THE MERV"

 

this would be much better to do
http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/Rag_Joint/

 

looks good, what is the advantage to that over the stocker

 

Been there tried that

The shaft bolts on but the steering wheel is way off and the angle of the joints are different so it creates a bind on the shaft. I ended up getting the rag joint eliminator shown above.

Wanna buy an LS1 steering shaft cheap J/K LOL!!

 

the advantage of having the eliminator is,the old leather style joint is very old now,even new it flexes too much so you will always have flex in the steering especially noticed in turns where there are bumps in the road the you feel the steerind wheel being jerked whereas the eliminator makes the steering more solid. well worth the money!

 

The steering whell will be off center. Therfore needing an alignment.

 

even if i buy that i still have to get another steering shaft cuz mines about to rust through haha

 

the alignment shop cannot repair this situation.........

 

Actually, if you know how to adjust Tie Rods, you can center the Steering Wheel without a problem..

And yes an Alignment Shop can fix that, if they cant I would tell them they are fired myself.

Personally I don't see why that wouldn't work..

 

I do alignments all the time and it won't work. The joints bind up because of the angle.

 

^^What do you mean?

 

The u-joints in the steering shaft are on a tighter angle and bind up

 

^^Yea, I can see that now..

 

ok, i went ahead and modified the Ls1 shaft today since the slop in my ragjoint was really too much!!!!!!!!
i used a peanut grinder to remove the ears where the shaft goes through the column end. knocked the knuckle off the shaft re-clocked the knuckle onto the shaft splines
then put 2 small tack-welds where the ears were!
let me tell you the difference in steering is night and day and of course i had to test it HAARRRDD even though my front sway-bar is off i still had more control than ever before..so if you have an Ls1 shaft it will be worth the 15min of time