steering u-joint ?'s - Lateral-g Forums

Vegas69 · #1 03-24-2010, 10:27 PM

Rag joints are designed for factory applications where the steering shaft needs to get longer since they don't have solid body bushings. It also dampens as said. I'm sure you have solid body bushing so change over to a borgeson joint. I have solid motor mounts and body mounts and the steering is great with very little vibration.

GM Muscle · #2 03-25-2010, 05:22 AM

Thanks for the help guys. Yes I'm all solid (motor and body). The steering box input shaft is pretty close the bottom of the column. I'm assuming the collar the rag joint bolted to on the column will come off the expose the splines?

GM Muscle · #3 04-02-2010, 02:03 PM

ok, so i removed the rag joint collar. the problem is that the splined end of the steering shaft was flaired to hold the collar on!

so can i just cut off the flaired portion and use the straight part thats left (maybe 1/2 and inch) or should i disassemble the lower part of the column and use a weld in a splined insert? i would really like to use a ujoint and be done but i want whats going to work best.

GM Muscle · #4 04-02-2010, 03:45 PM

ok.. i said #^&* it and went deeper.. looks like i may be able to find a d shaft and run it down in the steering tube and use a few plug welds to secure it. then i can still use the factory bearings and i can also use a cheaper u-joint. what do you guys think?

then i have to figure out how all this goes back together

**Rybar** · #5 04-02-2010, 04:29 PM

That is quite strange why yours is flared.

I had the same problem, header tube was hitting the rag joint so I installed a Borgeson U-joint:

Borgeson U-joint 13/16"-36 spline & 1"-48 spline

GM Muscle · #6 04-02-2010, 07:13 PM

that was my original plan but this flair business is really cramping my style..

speedjohnston · #7 04-02-2010, 07:49 PM

Did you check the woodward site out? They also have weld on couplings. maybe you can trim a little off that flared end and put a weld on coupling over it? You can allways try calling him and asking if he has something that will help you out.

LM7_67 · #8 04-05-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Rybar

That is quite strange why yours is flared.

I had the same problem, header tube was hitting the rag joint so I installed a Borgeson U-joint:

Borgeson U-joint 13/16"-36 spline & 1"-48 spline

Is that the size needed to replace a stock rag joint on a first gen?

**Rybar** · #9 04-05-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LM7_67

Is that the size needed to replace a stock rag joint on a first gen?

That's the size I needed, I would definately measure yours first as I am not sure if mine is stock or not.