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Steering shaft

Tech Talk for Suzuki owners.

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Steering shaft

Post by DiddyZook »

Does anyone know when the steering shaft changed from the solid single piece of steel to the two piece telescopic collapsible kind found in later models.

I know a lot of changes occurred around '89, was this one of them?

In Vicelore's write up on his body lift he identifies that he has the telescopic unit, he has a '91 SWB.

I am currently arguing with wreckers who claim that Sierra's (or at least Australian leaf sprung models) did not have a collapsible unit.
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Post by =SKB= »

I have a 90 model and it has the collapsible shaft. Pretty sure that's when they changed too.
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Post by simcoz »

Iv'e also got a 90 model with a collapsible shaft,i did have an 86 wich had a solid shaft.
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Post by nicbeer »

mid 88 i beleive it was when the WT came out. They first came out with the WT dash but the plastic WT flares
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Post by bazooked »

my 89 wide track had a solid shaft, if its to long grind the weld of the end and shorten it, its to easy.
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Post by want33s »

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Post by DiddyZook »

Thanks heaps. I was sure that it was around 1990 as my 5/89 has the solid shaft.
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