well, my front-steer 77 camaro box is pretty far forward. i am using
the stock 3spd column shifter for my 700R4 4spd auto trans. works
great!
i can measure how far from firewall to center of rag/U-joint. mines an
AD truck so you got more room and less angle...
mark
--- "Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston)" <Bill.Hanlon@hp.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the comments Mark.
>
> I'm 6'5" (in the morning, probably down to 6'3" late in the day -
> getting old) but when I redid my '57 GMC 8 years ago I pulled the gas
> tank out of the cab and used the extra space to move different seats
> further back in the cab. Space between my large gut and the stock
> steering wheel isn't a problem.
>
> I have a spare column that I already cut off at the flange of the
> steering box. My brother is making me a Delrin "bushing" to use as
> the
> lower column bearing. Apparently there are multiple types of Delrin
> and
> he is using that hardest type.
>
> My problem is that my truck still has its original Hydra-Matic. The
> Hydra-Matic linkage attaches to the steering column under the hood
> about
> 3" from the firewall. I need to leave at least that much of the
> column
> there. The longer the column, the larger the angle that the Flaming
> River U-joints I bought will have to make. I'm probably worrying
> where
> I have nothing to worry about, but I'd just like to know who else has
> done this kind of an installation and how far from the firewall their
> upper u-joint is installed. I guess it wouldn't make any difference
> what kind of column they used as long as they connected to an 800
> series
> power steering box mounted outboard of the frame and forward of the
> front axle so I wouldn't be comparing apples to cumquats.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark [mailto:ccpanel@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:27 PM
> To: Hanlon, Bill (ISS Houston); oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: original column with power steering
>
>
> bey bill-i did that on my 51 panel. i did for looks so unless you
> lifted
> the hood you wouldnt know what i was driving..
>
> what i did was sawzall the column as low as i could go. just the
> tube.
> then i pulled the steering shaft out and figure out where i wanted
> the
> length. im a very tall guy so my seat was moved a LONG WAY BACK(when
> i
> lean back into the bench seat-you cant see me in the side window. =)
> so
> i pulled my comlumn 2" farther out. then ifgiured where i wanted it.
> bolted it in, then had my (camaro subframe) where it was gonna
> be-figure
> out where to cut teh colum,
> cut the tubing about 2-4" short of the firewall with 2-4" steering
> shaft
> sticking out. i went to BEARING/BELT/CHAIN gave them ID tube, OD
> shaft
> and got a bushing to fit the end of the tube.
> for mounting tube to firewall-i made the mistake of makign a plate
> and
> welding it inside the cab. it looks better and is hidden BUT.... if
> youre in a wreck-steering wheel in teh face. i would want it on the
> firewall side-at least the firewall would slow it down a little.
>
> for the shaft-shaft i welded up the shaft and then ground to DD
> shape. i
> wouldnt do that. i would goto; http://www.borgeson.com/ and get the
> right adapter and unijoint.. etc... i used teh stock ragjoint off a
> camaro... but its okay. if youre concerned with noise coming up
> through
> shaft they have a new vib damp unit with rubber captured in teh unit.
>
> if you want pics i can post. but i would do things differently
> namely;
> tube plate on firewall side http://www.borgeson.com/ ujoint with vib
> damp and correct adapters
>
> mark
>
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