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Quote: Originally Posted by Ken Seegers Doug, Do you still sell the DD by itself? If so, send me a price shipped to 19468. Thanks Ken Check your PM's

hmm I have never seen that piece before. Is it on new models? My 92 I do not think has it. Shane

Been thinking of that too, and thought of using a roll pin, hoping it would fail only in a wreck in similar manner as the stock setup.

Quote: Originally Posted by quick35th Its probably very important to note this on here. Flaming River recommends the use of thread lock to lock on the set screws into the DD shaft. Even with thread lock I know several people that have had theirs loosen up on them. What I found is the only way to prevent this from happening entirely is to weld the DD shaft to the SS joint. I have it done this way on my race car. Just food for thought. Shane I...

Its probably very important to note this on here. Flaming River recommends the use of thread lock to lock on the set screws into the DD shaft. Even with thread lock I know several people that have had theirs loosen up on them. What I found is the only way to prevent this from happening entirely is to weld the DD shaft to the SS joint. I have it done this way on my race car. Just food for thought. Shane

rather than just using hte dimples and set screws couldn't you just get some slightly longer bolts and drill/tap a little bit into the rod andthread lock the crap out of it?

Then the possible designed failure point would be gone unless you used a grade 3 bolt and Nylock nut

Quote: Originally Posted by quick35th What failure point are you talking about under the dash? The failure point for the steering shaft that I know about is under the hood, the section that the rag joint bolts to telescopes (pushes inward) in the event of a very hard frontal crash that bends the kmember towards the cabin. Shane Yes, it telescopes by a few inches, but you would probably also get a geometric collapsing effect because there is a...

nice....those look really familiar

Doug, Do you still sell the DD by itself? If so, send me a price shipped to 19468. Thanks Ken