Steering shaft swap
Steering shaft swap So, I picked up an LS f-body steering shaft to swap in to my LT car while doing a header swap. I ground off the crimped parts on the shaft and took a brass punch to it to separate it...but no luck. So, out came the air hammer...and still no luck. So, I stuck the shaft in the freezer for a few hours, put a torch on it, air hammer, and...still stuck. WTF? Am I missing something?
Needs just a smidge more grinding done on it. Then put it upside down in a vise, soak the crap out of it with WD40. Tap on it with a hammer a bit, soak again.
Once the WD40 has had a chance to penetrate, get out a torch on it.
WD40+torch+hammer normally works well for me.
Once the WD40 has had a chance to penetrate, get out a torch on it.
WD40+torch+hammer normally works well for me.
Guess I'll grind some more then. I'm afraid I'm gonna ruin the shaft beatin it up some much. I sprayed it down w/ penetrating oil, but if anything was gonna loosen it up, I would think going from frozen to torched in a matter of seconds would do the trick
^ Glad it finally separated. You must have gotten a feisty one.
I ground off more than that & used a 2lb sledge and a steel punch!!! had to smack it pretty good but didnt use heat!! I also removed the Ujoint to get at grinding a lil easier! Just used a punch to set the caps again. 
