ForceFed70 14 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 So I'm putting the finishing touches on my auto to T5 swap in my 1970 Grande, but have run into steering colum problems. I believe this is the stock tilt colum originally for an automatic. I had to remove the colum for access to the pedal assembly. And must not have re-installed it properly. Basically what happens is that the steering wheel turns and you can feal some resistance/binding but the shaft end that attaches to the steering box/rag joint isn't turning. When I removed the colum, part of the shaft stayed attached to the steering box via the rag joint. It was about 16" long and was "D" shaped on the end that went into the colum. I left it attached via rag joint to the steering box and when it came time to put the colum back in, I just slipped this shaft back into the colum. The fit seemed good, but I'm pretty sure this is where my problem is. The two pieces of the shaft arn't properly connected inside of the colum. Anyone have any advice for how to fix this? What did I do wrong here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnickel 10,004 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 are you it's not the rag joint slipping? or rather the sahft slipping inside the rag joint. the tilt column takes a special rag joint and if some previous owner installed the tilt column they may not have used the correct rag joint. the double d shaft shouldn't slip at all so i don't think that's your problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForceFed70 14 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 are you it's not the rag joint slipping? or rather the sahft slipping inside the rag joint. the tilt column takes a special rag joint and if some previous owner installed the tilt column they may not have used the correct rag joint. the double d shaft shouldn't slip at all so i don't think that's your problem. Now I'm confused. I did replace the rag joint when I took the colum out. But I can't see how the rag joint would cause this problem. We're talking about the part that couples the shaft to the steering box right? I only replaced the rubber "rag" part and not the rest of the pieces, tho I suppose it's possible that it's slipping. I'll have to look a little more closely to verify. I don't think the shaft itself is slipping, I'm worried that the 2 parts of the shaft aren't coupled properly (1 shaft slides inside the other is my guess on how these shafts join together). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnickel 10,004 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 not talking about the rubber part of the rag joint but rather the metal coupler on the ends, specifically the one that connects to the column, in other words make sure the shaft isn't slipping in the rag joint coupler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForceFed70 14 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 Gotcha. That's the 1st thing I will check. Alot easier to fix than pulling the colum back out again. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnickel 10,004 Report post Posted March 13, 2007 Gotcha. That's the 1st thing I will check. Alot easier to fix than pulling the colum back out again. Thanks. no problem, hope that's the problem, hopefully should be easier to fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForceFed70 14 Report post Posted March 13, 2007 Got it fixed last night. It was a problem with the coupling of the 2 shafts inside of the colum. Turns out there is just enough room inside the colum to fit the shafts side by side (instead of having 1 shaft slide inside of the other). Thanks for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bnickel 10,004 Report post Posted March 13, 2007 well, that sucks. at least you were able to fix it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
