Astro van steering shafts

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The jeep shaft has to be collapsed in a press. These shafts are ready install and no collapsing in a press is necessary.
Are you sure about this? From my experience, there is a binding 'glue' just like the old school plastic pins in the early collapsible steering shafts. A map torch can liquify the adhesive to adjust the shaft length. I did the mod for my dually (w/this common GM set-up) a couple years ago. Bought a new Jeep shaft for about the same cost as used/shipped shafts were going for.
 
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08Malibu

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Are you sure about this? From my experience, there is a binding 'glue' just like the old school plastic pins in the early collapsible steering shafts. A map torch can liquify the adhesive to adjust the shaft length. I did the mod for my dually (w/this common GM set-up) a couple years ago. Bought a new Jeep shaft for about the same cost as used/shipped shafts were going for.
This is what I read. There was nothing to collapse in the Astro shaft.
 

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The Jeep shaft does require a little heat to be able to collapse it. The Astro- Safari shaft comes apart by loosening a set screw, although it's not a plug and play piece, it has to be clocked accordingly. It's definitely worth the effort. IMO, it's a beefier construction than the Jeep shaft. However, the Jeep shaft is still an improvement over the stock rag joint assembly.
 
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The Jeep shaft does require a little heat to be able to collapse it. The Astro- Safari shaft comes apart by loosening a set screw, although it's not a plug and play piece, it has to be clocked accordingly. It's definitely worth the effort. IMO, it's a beefier construction than the Jeep shaft. However, the Jeep shaft is still an improvement over the stock rag joint assembly.
The ones being sold by the creator of this thread are ready to install. Mine took about 10 minutes.
 
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The ones being sold by the creator of this thread are ready to install. Mine took about 10 minutes.
Oh, I know. His are clocked, painted, and ready to go. I sold a few several years back, and probably could've gotten more, but didn't have the patience to pull them. It also requires pulling the knuckle, clocking it in the proper position, cleaning, welding, and painting them. So, there is some work involved in getting one ready to bolt on.
 
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