steering coupler replacement

Posted By: dusterbd13

steering coupler replacement - 03/05/15 11:03 PM

70 duster, FFI stage 3 power steering box.

I keep killing the mopar steering coupler. im now to number 4 in 10k. dunno why, but it is.

I read a few years ago that borgeson or someonw was making a u-joint replacement for these. anyone still make them? any reason not t use them?

Michael

Posted By: amxautox

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/05/15 11:07 PM

http://www.borgeson.com/

Posted By: dusterbd13

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/05/15 11:19 PM

I had looked on there and couldn't find it. at least not under duster or dart

Posted By: JAMESDART

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/05/15 11:30 PM

I put a regular u joint on 3 a bodies. on my duster when I still had the stock box I cut my stock column shaft to length, ground, and filed it to a 3/4 double D and just used a regular firm feel u joint. ive done each one a little different. but that was the simplest and cheapest way.

Posted By: joes68340s

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 12:44 AM

Dosent this defeat the collapsible feature on a stock column on the street.

Posted By: Supercuda

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 12:47 AM

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Dosent this defeat the collapsible feature on a stock column on the street.

No, the coupler isn't there to provide a collapsible feature, that is built inside the column. The coupler is there mostly for NVH and allow for minor flexing between the gear and the column.

Posted By: dart4forte

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 01:28 AM

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Dosent this defeat the collapsible feature on a stock column on the street.

No, the coupler isn't there to provide a collapsible feature, that is built inside the column. The coupler is there mostly for NVH and allow for minor flexing between the gear and the column.

It also provides some road feel dampening.

Posted By: Supercuda

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 02:13 AM

That's NVH, noise vibration, harshness.

Posted By: 72Swinger

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 02:28 AM

Im gonna have to figure out how to go from 1" DD to stock coupler without some big fat adapter.

Posted By: joes68340s

Re: steering coupler replacement - 03/06/15 03:06 AM

That's Good to know.