XJ Steering Shaft Upgrade (88-94 Trucks) 95+instructions on page 31

[brockstar15]

Well dad got on here and was reading through everything and the first time he word the word "failure" he decided he was just going to replace his rag joint with a new rubber piece lol!

 

[Sampuppy1]

Seen good luck from a guy who machined a spacer out of steel. Or aluminum the same thickness and diameter of the rag joint. I thought it was in here somewhere.

sent from a likely flagged smartphone.

 

[nrowensby]

On the stock shaft, does the top and bottom sections just slide apart? ...or are they held together by something?

When replacing the lower section on 96+ with the lower section from 1500 van (u-joint) is it just a matter of sliding the old one off and sliding the new one on? Can this be done with the upper section still on the truck?

 

[NorCalMike]

Does the truck you're doing the mod on have the joint under the dash? If it does, you cant do the ujoint shaft. It appears that some 96s and 95s even have the joint under the dash.

 

[Steve A]

I have a 96 Yukon 4x4 that has the joint under the dash. Build date on the data plate is 02/96, Janesville, WI.

 

[70stroker]

I did this on my old blue 95, it had the joint under the dash. What i did was i had a piece of chromoly tube laying around, i slide it over the xj joint closest to the firewall and welded it so it made the joint solid, i had it on for over 25 miles on it before i traded it in with no problems.

 

[stubborn0001]

Does anyone have a picture of where they put their tack weld on the steering shaft? How did you guys go about notching the shaft so you could slide the bolt through?

 

[mistaake]

I should do this but how to tell if I have the additional joint that will make it not work, and I'm worried about failures, and I'll be doing a 3" BL in the future so I'm worried about that. I request free reassurances that everything will be OK prior to getting an XJ steering shaft

 

[77Impala]

Look under your steering column towards the floor. If you see a universal joint on the steering column towards the floor then that is the third joint that will cause problems using the xj steering shaft upgrade.

 

[mistaake]

Look under your steering column towards the floor. If you see a universal joint on the steering column towards the floor then that is the third joint that will cause problems using the xj steering shaft upgrade.

from inside the truck or from under the hood? thanks