i am working on my 84 pickup today, it was rolled over and needed a new cab. the cab i bought is off of an 86. i am having a problem with the steering shaft lengths.
the 84 shaft is too short now, and the 86 shaft is too long( i am talking about the shaft from the u-joint at the firewall to the rag joint)
it would appear that this shft has a slip joint in it. the problem with this joint is that it would appear to have some sort of plastic pin or bushing or some thing in it right at the slip joint were the 'pipe' and 'rod' meet(srry no pic)
would it be ok for me to heat this shaft(the 86 shaft) up and hammer the sh*t out of it to get it to shorten to the right length?
thanks for any help
Brent <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce2.gif" border="0">
the 84 shaft is too short now, and the 86 shaft is too long( i am talking about the shaft from the u-joint at the firewall to the rag joint)
it would appear that this shft has a slip joint in it. the problem with this joint is that it would appear to have some sort of plastic pin or bushing or some thing in it right at the slip joint were the 'pipe' and 'rod' meet(srry no pic)
would it be ok for me to heat this shaft(the 86 shaft) up and hammer the sh*t out of it to get it to shorten to the right length?
thanks for any help
Brent <IMG SRC="smilies/bounce2.gif" border="0">