Thread: Steering Shaft
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Old 01-09-2018, 04:29 PM   #9
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Re: Steering Shaft

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Originally Posted by dsraven View Post
how much flex is built into the cab/frame? ensure enough extension/retraction is also built into the steering shaft. set some weight (friends)n in the cab and have them bounce around a bit to see how much the cab moves in relationship to the frame, then add a bit for worst case scenario and call it done. I like Orrie's idea of using stock parts.
This much, on this trip I cracked the weld at the bottom of the A pillar to cab (not in this pick). This is the reason I kept all the frame rivets and not welded. Over the years I cork screwed the frame pretty good.
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