bad_religion_au wrote:yep, should work a treat, that's the way i did mine. don't forget that if it's too long, you can shorten it by drilling out the plastic bung and "tapping" the shaft with a hammer because they are collapseable columns.
well.. i have just dummied up things today. I think the intermedia shaft will be too long.. on it there are two divots where I think its holding the part that slides.. Adam is this what you mean to drill out? (its probly a 2-3mm hole).. did you do anything to the shaft after you made it fit to length? to stop it sliding unexpectedly?
The 55 steering column shaft goes in sweet.. i used the outer column from the 55 so it kinda sits flush with the firewall. although it pushes the steering wheel into the cab by about 20-30mm. you dont notice it too much sitting at the wheel.
I was hoping this would help in relation to the length of the intermediate shaft. i think the 80 cushion joint adds considerable length to the rod.. if it was just a single uni it would be a bit shorter and maybe the intermidiate shaft wouldn't need shortening
The steering arms went on ok (with a little work) without having to pull down the hubs/knuckles all the way.. this was good as I wasn't really looking forward to the extra work there.. (thanks for your pointers with that Ray).
there is considerably more meat on the 75 steering arms eh.. good to see
managed to get the old TRE's off the Tie rod and drag link from the wreckers after a bit of work.. new TRE's are in place but I need to put anti-sieze on the threads and thought I might put some anti rust stuff down the guts of the steering rods.
mocked up where the box goes without doing any work on the shock tower.. this is tomorrows job (grinding, cutting, mounting box)..
glad to finally see all the old steering gear out for good!
thanks for everyones help so far.. so far its been a relatively straight forward mod with no major issues.
