Scalihoo

I just stripped mine, I didthe rag joint a couple months ago & was under the car today & noticed the bolt wasnt bottomed out in the collar { about 4 threads were showing} so I decided to tighten it & stripped that little collar, bolt came out in 1 piece & is fine.
My questionsare ...is thatlittle threaded collar thing a part that is " replacable " can it be removed, or do I need a newsteering shaft ?
I couldnt get a good look @ it & forgot how it was set up..
Also,could I get away with a longer bolt that will bite the last few threads thatthis one wasnt { why would Ford use a bolt thats 1/4" too short in these things ??} or maybeI have the wrong size bolt in there ??

thanks for any help on this..Please !! LOL
Alan

92cobra

if you wait a second, adder will respond to this, i believe hes trying to reply to all the posts on the first page....lol

<3 adder for all his hard work and good info. thanks mate.

Scalihoo

ahh man,I was psyched i got a hit, I wonder if i had the wrong bolt in therebeing it was too short & a longer bolt would do the job, dont want to half azz something as important as steering components though..

mjr46

here are a few options

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...1&comp=LRS

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...1&comp=LRS

as for the rag joint option it may or may not work it says it's fro a manual conversion but it looks quite similar to my 85 joint so may or may not work

Scalihoo

Thanks for the comeback MJR46, I didnt check your links yet but I think the part I need is the " Rag Joint Assembly " ..
I believe that threaded collar comes with this assembly ..

Scalihoo

That rag joint adapter looks just like mine & I have power steering..Phew $ 80 bucks for that thing..[:'(]
I may just go for the MM U jointed complete shaft for 200 beans