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Astro Steering Shaft Mod

 
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:09 am    Post subject: Astro Steering Shaft Mod Reply with quote

Anyone here done the astro van shaft mod? Wanting to do that this weekend as I had to remove my shaft to replace the fuel lines. I am trying to figure out the best way to lengthen it. Any ideas?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Explain....
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You take an astro van steering shaft, lengthen it to replace the camaro shaft.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope. I used the UE ragjoint eliminator kit. Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still don't see the desire in putting a solid rag joint in....
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

blue89 wrote:
Why?


It gets rid of the rag joint completely. So less steering slop.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twilightoptics wrote:
I still don't see the desire in putting a solid rag joint in....


you don't know what your missing. Razz

(I was one of the beta testers for the UE unit, so I also haven't done the astro van thing...)
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Twilightoptics wrote:
I still don't see the desire in putting a solid rag joint in....


Steering slop is the devil!! Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guess maybe cause I don't have slop in my rag joint..... Even "warn out" turn the wheel and watch the joint, slop is nihl.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't really call what I had "slop", persay. More so, the joint "loaded up" and then moved. It wasn't a huge amount but it was worth a shot as getting rid of the last of my steering vagueness. I'll just need to break down and buy/rebuild my box at some point.
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