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Almost a new saginaw setup! Opinions????

Discussion in 'Builds and Fabricators Forum' started by MississippiDave, Mar 6, 2006.

  1. MississippiDave

    MississippiDave New Member

    Okaleedokalee! The Brown Santa came and brought Dave his new Speedway motors steering u-joints and 3/4" shaft. Well the joints fit the Postal Jeep column no problemo......as it is a 3/4" x 36 spline. I was under the impression that the postal jeep manual saginaw box was also 3/4" x 36 spline. NEGATIVE! The box is splined and is machined with a flats on one side (See Pic). I counted the slines.....26 outside of the flats...so I assumed it sould slip on in the joint. Not!

    I'm hoping that I can get a spud shaft that will adapt the box to the joint. I'll be PM'ing Mcruff but in case he doesn't have a shaft to help any opinions, suggestions etc. would be appreciated.
     
    MississippiDave, Mar 6, 2006
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  2. MississippiDave

    MississippiDave New Member

    Duh! They also made the manual box in 3/4" X 30 spline. :oops: I ordered one a ujoint for that spec today. I let ya'll know how it turns out!
     
    MississippiDave, Mar 7, 2006
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  3. w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

    I feel yer pain Dave. I got my saggy swap all installed and THEN discovered I couldn't get my knee up high enough under the steering wheel to actuate the brake pedal. :rofl:

    Eventually I relocated the postal-column's mounting bracket lower on the tube, which raised the wheel back up where it needed to be. Of course, that made my brand-new custom-made steering shaft about 1-1/4" too short. McRuff came to the recue and sent me a sleeve so I coudl extend my steering shaft to make it all work. (Thanks again Mike!)

    Now I have saginaw steering AND brakes! :D
     
    w3srl, Mar 10, 2006
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  4. M38a1diesel

    M38a1diesel Member

    I splined a Borgeson chromoly U-joint onto my DJ5C box with no problem. Don't recall off hand the diameter and spline count though.

    Don
     
    M38a1diesel, Mar 10, 2006
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  5. M38a1diesel

    M38a1diesel Member

    I do remeber the u-joint being rather difficult to get on and "persuading" it with a rubber mallet. Hope I didn't screw it up. :(
     
    M38a1diesel, Mar 10, 2006
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