Where can I get a rag joint replacement?
Where can I get a rag joint replacement?
I was working on my steering column and decided I would replace the original rag joint while I had the column out. rubber piece from the 1969 steering column I had. It also helped that the replacement kit was $8.00 at Kragens, a local auto parts store.
Where is the rag joint on a diesel truck?
Essentially on the top of the box (which is on the bottom of the steering shaft coming out of the firewall) there is a splined shaft with a locking bolt. The rag joint is just above that, on the steering shaft, and, above that, the steering shaft is in 2 pieces that slide upon each other.
Where is the rag joint on a steering shaft?
The rag joint is just above that, on the steering shaft, and, above that, the steering shaft is in 2 pieces that slide upon each other. So, to change the rag joint, you’d have to undoe the bolt and slip the spline off, and then slide the lower half of the shaft off, and then the new one would go back on in reverse.
What to do with a bent rag joint?
All ya gotta do is pop the ball joint off with a puller, 3 bolts on the frame, and slide the thing down… (not) Some previous owner had bashed the thing, and it was badly bent/dented at the slip joint and just wouldn’t slide apart.
I was working on my steering column and decided I would replace the original rag joint while I had the column out. rubber piece from the 1969 steering column I had. It also helped that the replacement kit was $8.00 at Kragens, a local auto parts store.
Essentially on the top of the box (which is on the bottom of the steering shaft coming out of the firewall) there is a splined shaft with a locking bolt. The rag joint is just above that, on the steering shaft, and, above that, the steering shaft is in 2 pieces that slide upon each other.
The rag joint is just above that, on the steering shaft, and, above that, the steering shaft is in 2 pieces that slide upon each other. So, to change the rag joint, you’d have to undoe the bolt and slip the spline off, and then slide the lower half of the shaft off, and then the new one would go back on in reverse.
All ya gotta do is pop the ball joint off with a puller, 3 bolts on the frame, and slide the thing down… (not) Some previous owner had bashed the thing, and it was badly bent/dented at the slip joint and just wouldn’t slide apart.
