New twist on Jeep steering shaft upgrade

[ChiefCut83]

Well I wouldnt call it so much of a twist as I would call it "saving money and time". I went to the junkyard a few weeks back and grabbed a steering shaft out of an unknown year of jeep and it looked exactly like the ones on the steering shaft upgrade thread so I grabbed it...wasnt as cheap as I thought but whatever. So I went to put it on couple days ago and its like 3.5-4inches long so this is how I went about it because I didnt want to be charged again at the junkyard.Btw I had like 3 different ways to go about fixing the problem and realized quick none of them were safe and this was the only way to do it...Safely

 

[YGspider]

what exactly dose the jeep steering shaft upgrade do?

 

[ChiefCut83]

sry posted backwards but anyway I couldnt just cut a section out and just weld it together so I cut the housing of the u-joint because it is pressed on the rod not welded, that freed it so I could take separate the two...then I cut it. pressed it back on then welded it. Reason for doing it like that is those shafts are made to crush upon impact and to cut a section and just weld it would lessen the integrity of the shaft, also if that weld ever broke I wouldnt have steering :shock: ! So if this happens to anyone else I hope this helps you to save money,time and your life lol later guys :wink:

 

[ChiefCut83]

what exactly dose the jeep steering shaft upgrade do?

gives you u-joints on each end of the steering shaft instead of that stiff rag joint that comes stock

 

[ChiefCut83]

what exactly dose the jeep steering shaft upgrade do?

gives you u-joints on each end of the steering shaft instead of that stiff rag joint that comes stock

Or clearance if you need, the stock shafts can be bulky when dealing with bigger blocks also

 

[kustomss]

All I did to mine was put the shaft in a vise andheat the section of the shaft where one piece over laps the other with a propane torch. This melts the plastic that is injected in at the factory. Then I hit the u-joint with a hammer until the two pieces of the shaft separated. Finally I marked the length the shaft needed to be and put some hot glue on the smaller shaft and tapped it into place. No cutting, no welding, no problems.

 

[Oldstech]

All I did to mine was put the shaft in a vise andheat the section of the shaft where one piece over laps the other with a propane torch. This melts the plastic that is injected in at the factory. Then I hit the u-joint with a hammer until the two pieces of the shaft separated. Finally I marked the length the shaft needed to be and put some hot glue on the smaller shaft and tapped it into place. No cutting, no welding, no problems.

Same here Boss

 

[MC-87-SS]

Good job on being creative but as others said they do come apart and would have compressed enough to use without any cutting.
If you got one of the long ones they can still be easily cut once separated without touching the ends.
Or could have just bought one from me ready to install. LOL