Steering shaft upgrade using DSE shaft

[jpratt]

I have been hating driving my car lately because of the slop in the steering. Sometimes I felt like I was on the verge of losing control. I know the stag joint was a little loose and the steering box had a little also. I thought about using the popular Jeep shaft but was much more impressed with the DSE upgrade. It is not cheap but man is it a nice piece. It is a little heavier than stock but a lot more compact. I have not got if fully installed yet because I cannot find any lock tight this late at night.

Here they are side by side

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[jpratt]

Getting the old unit out is hard but installed the new joint to the upper shaft was a nightmare. I had to get out a little Drexel and smooth out the shaft to get the upper u joint on. There was so much corrosion that had to be cleaned off. Before installation a 3/8 hold has to be drilled into the new shaft which I think should come pre drilled. The rest if the install was pretty smooth. You can see that the box is new and not hooked up yet either.


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[dsapper]

I have the same DSE shaft, worked great and made a big difference. Also they will custom spline it for you, I used a different steering box than stock and they included the correct joints.

 

[jpratt]

Only thing I am a little worried right now is at the gear box the u joint there is only held by the splines and a single set screw. Stock there is a slide bolt the locks down.


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[dsapper]

Yeah, we drilled a hole through and bolted it. I felt the same way.

 

[jpratt]

A friend told me to do the same but I was not sure about it.


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[scot w.]

I installed the steering shaft and tightened that set screw then removed the shaft and that set screw made a mark where it was so I took a drill bit and counter sunk it (dimpled) and then installed everything back and now the set screw has a small "pocket' it sits in plus I used a small dab of blue lock tight and it has not moved ever since.

 

[TurboBuRick]

Whats the part number for the shaft??

 

[jpratt]

I am going to use the dimple method.


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[DavidM]

Whats the part number for the shaft??

X2

 

[T-CHRGD]

Whats the part number for the shaft??

Contact scot w. at GNS. He can get them for you.

 

[jpratt]

There was no part number directly located on the shaft, it might be a DSE manufactured part.