My goal was to keep it stock looking. How do you remove the column from the
gear box? I thought about cutting the tube and shaft equally and machine a
new end for the shaft.
J Forbes wrote:
> The steering columns are not collapsible...that didn't happen until a
> federal law was passed about 1967. The shaft is one piece from the
> bottom gear to the top where the nut threads on. It started as two
> pieces, and was welded together.
>
> I have a tilt column in one of my 59s, using the original steering
> gear. I cut off the shaft near the top of the gearbox box, then filed
> splines in it to match a ragjoint from a later vehicle. It has been
> working ok for 20 years...but it does wear out the plastic joint in the
> tilt column after awhile, as the tilt columns were not designed for the
> hard steering effort of old trucks.
>
> I would not recommend cutting it shorter and welding the shaft
> together...it is too risky in case the weld fails.
>
> Jim
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