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Uni-bodies flex and parts move around. If you don't have reinforcements on the uni-body and the steering mount in particular, you're taking a chance putting a solid coupling in there.



Absolutely correct. Not really dangerous, but once you snap the nylon breakaway pin, or trash the upper bearing, you've set yourself up for lots more work and parts-chasing.

Flaming River's setup works fine with their column (only), because it is a close-tolerance collapsible deal with no breakaway pin.

Rick