I have been seeing a lot of threads abot jeep or astro van steering shafts. Please forgive my ignorance but why would one do that? Will the stock one not work with an engine swap or is it a better product?
What are the year ranges to look for in regards to Jeeps and Chevrolet Astro shafts?
Nothing wrong with the newer style shafts with universals at both ends, they have been in service for almost 50 years domestically on various cars. Personal choice, for me, is to buy new steering parts rather than salvage.
I went with a Borgeson collapsible shaft set up for my Monte and it made a noticeable improvement even over my stock shaft with a newer rag joint and gave me added clearance for my huge headers, well worth the extra money to buy a new quality part IMO.There's a recipe for Borgeson parts to build your own new shaft for B/D bodies, thanks to Impala SS enthusiasts. I think I had $150 in Borgeson parts to make up the shaft for my D body.
I get where you're coming from. But if you bought a used 94 Cherokee for a daily driver, you wouldn't immediately throw out the steering shaft when you got it home. We would have heard if the shafts in those vehicles were a common failure point. It looks like there are lock tabs on the later versions if the rubber does fail. Just saying.
Hutch
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