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Steering shaft rebuild
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02/02/18 07:22 PM
02/02/18 07:22 PM
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Posts: 670 Third rock from the sun.
busboy
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Third rock from the sun.
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My steering shaft is missing 3 of the 4 little plastic plug caps where it's designed to collapse There is absolutely no play in the shaft right now, my guess is seized, so not sure it'll perform as designed if I need it to (really bad day). I'm sure with a good whack I could break them loose, clean them up, but then what?? Pretty sure I can't reproduce the designed shear value from the factory. Any idea what I could use for the plastic plugs or some other way to reassemble this shaft?
Oh yeah, it's a hybrid.....it burns gas and tires!
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Re: Steering shaft rebuild
[Re: busboy]
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02/03/18 02:16 AM
02/03/18 02:16 AM
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Posts: 1,651 Cut and Shoot, TX
kentj340
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Not a new problem - this has been discussed before here with solutions. Use the Google Custom Search at the top of this page to find Moparts discussions on this topic.
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Re: Steering shaft rebuild
[Re: busboy]
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02/03/18 11:26 AM
02/03/18 11:26 AM
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MoJoe
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I think I read on the B body forum about someone using plastic bolts to rebuild his column. I'm looking at a similar situation some am looking for some ideas as well.
Last edited by MoJoe; 02/03/18 11:27 AM.
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Re: Steering shaft rebuild
[Re: busboy]
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02/03/18 02:32 PM
02/03/18 02:32 PM
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mopars4ever
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Re: Steering shaft rebuild
[Re: busboy]
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02/06/18 01:12 AM
02/06/18 01:12 AM
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PurpleBeeper
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I have rebuilt the main steering shaft in my car. IF your shear pins are broken, then it's likely the car it came from was in a minor front end accident OR the column was bumped during shipping or something.
Anyway, what I did on my partially collapsed steering shaft (with broken shear pins) was to put one end in a vise, but vise grips on the other end & tap the vise grips with a hammer until the center shaft slid apart to the correct length.
Then, I drilled two 1/4" holes through the inner/outer pieces of the steering shaft & tapped it with a 1/4" tap. I picked this size because 1/4" nylon bolts were available in the plumbing department at my local hardware store. I screwed the nylon bolts through my tapped holes & then cut off the excess on both ends with a little dremel cutoff wheel.... viola, new sheer pins.
Personally, I would not tack weld the steering shaft (aluminum pop rivets might be OK). I have had some pretty nasty accidents over the years & I don't like the idea of being speared in the chest with a steering shaft....just sayin.
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