Discover the Art The Essential Guide to Indexing Steering U Joints

When I built my Willys I used a steering shaft from a 5 ton truck cut down, look at the big truck wrecking yards. The U joints are baby Spicer ( ... I did, only 1 side, u-joint at steering wheel end of shaft. Tried lubing and working lube into u-joint. Worked it about 10 minutes. Didn't make a difference so ... My question is..would I have to purchase a whole new steering column assembly or is there a way to get just those the u-joint knuckles with the shaft and ... Make sure the steering shaft isn't too long and sticking too far into u joints either. That will make them bind when the u joint hits the shaft ... There's a very complex procedure to follow -- Release the steering wheel adjustment lever, and slide the wheel in and out a few times to re- ... Pull the bolt out of the steering column at the top joint, turn slow and carefully and see if binding stops, and look for up/ down movement of that joint on ... The rag joint, or the collapsing shaft are really there for u-joint preservation. If you have a solid shaft between the joints, then as they ... ... u-joints, slip joints or similar on most production cars. ... The biggest advantage of having joints is that you can adjust the steering wheel ... I put the yoke in a vise and simply drove the u-joint all the way to one side, and grind away the inside of the yoke (i used a die grinder ... ... universal joint. It's the angle of the joint which will cause a sinusoidal change in shaft speed through each rotation. If the shafts are ...