New affordable 96-98 lower steering shaft?

[454cid]

I thought in the event of a wreck there was a concern/warning about these retrofitted steering shafts?

GM changed the design of the steering shafts midway through GMT-400 production. It's okay to swap the XJ shaft in place of the early shaft, but not the later shaft. The later shaft ends up with 3 joints in it, if the XJ shaft is installed. The middle part of the shaft would be unsupported, and could move out of place with steering input instead of transferring the torque to the lower shaft and steering gear.

 

[alpinecrick]

Got it!. Thanks 454!

 

[inscarguy]

So back to my original question, has anyone used this particular shaft over say the Dorman one?

 

[454cid]

So back to my original question, has anyone used this particular shaft over say the Dorman one?

I have not.... I replaced just my rag joint. I don't think I'd want to use a no-name steering shaft from ebay.

 

[JohnDenver]

I intend to put these in my trucks, someone else used it and it worked.

http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/Rag_Joint/

I’m curious about this product and how it feels installed. I’d really like to cut some steering slop.

 

[BNielsen]

I intend to put these in my trucks, someone else used it and it worked.

http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/Rag_Joint/

I'm pretty intrigued by this set up here. It looks a little more solid than cutting the shaft and installing the Flaming River U-joint;

 

[Aparke4]

I installed the flaming river on my 96 and I think this eliminator would work as its a simple bolt in? I will take a few pics of my set up tomorrow to confirm.

 

[carguy77]

I installed one of those unbalanced engineering kits in my 94 z28 years ago. I didn't notice any difference. But my wheel didn't have any slop to begin with. I just did it as a preventative measure.

 

[Supercharged111]

I installed one of those unbalanced engineering kits in my 94 z28 years ago. I didn't notice any difference. But my wheel didn't have any slop to begin with. I just did it as a preventative measure.

I have one in my 93 as well. If I ever LS swap I can donate it to a truck.

 

[98 Nitro]

Look up Derek's Steering Shafts on FB.