Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

[Frankenchevy]

It’s axhole, and people should care about their spelling and grammar. However, the grammar police should only make an arrest in cases of egregious violations.

Perry is right. Reading a post with terrible spelling or punctuation gives me a headache. Not that I saw that going on here to a noticeable extent.

 

[idahovette]

If not tongue in cheek, then it is sarcasm.

yeah, so?

 

[TheHoundsman]

Please post some pictures. I am interested in this topic. Did you buy the Jeep shaft or the GM version?

Will do. I bought the GM version from summit. I am almost positive that the steering column had been replaced previously. The original invoice definitely says it has a tilt steering wheel but this one definitely does not tilt. So it may be that when whoever replaced it did the work they put some other model in. I was able to get on the phone with a summit tech and they are sending me a 1 inch round to a 1 inch double D joint. Should be here tomorrow at the same time as the correction bushings for the knuckles so hopefully I am close to getting back on the road. Fingers crossed.

 

[bluex]

78 an older columns have a splined output an the common "jeep shaft" upgrade won't work on them.

I found out the hard way then bought another u- joint and modifed the jeep shaft to fit mine.

Thread I made about it:

Thread 'Jeep Intermediate Shaft on a Early (79 and down) Column' https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/jeep-intermediate-shaft-on-a-early-79-and-down-column.20468/

 

[TheHoundsman]

Pics

 

[TheHoundsman]

I should know tomorrow if this new U Joint does the trick.

 

[TheHoundsman]

This is the one I bought Borgeson Universal Telescoping Steering Shaft

 

[edgephoto]

This is the one I bought Borgeson Universal Telescoping Steering Shaft

Thanks, I have bookmarked the site. I have been giving serious consideration to this "upgrade".

 

[legopnuematic]

Yes that is an earlier steering column with the spline instead of double D shaft.

 

[CountKrunk]

What does this do? Make the steering itself sharper? Make the steering response better?

 

[TheHoundsman]

Yes that is an earlier steering column with the spline instead of double D shaft.

The only other question I have is the number of splines. It looks like the 1 inch only comes in 48 spline so I am hoping that is correct.

 

[TheHoundsman]

What does this do? Make the steering itself sharper? Make the steering response better?

That is what I am hoping for. My Burb is on 35s with a 4 inch lift and honestly was really hard to keep in the lane at 65 mph. I will have the crossover steering kit, quick ratio steering box and this steering shaft all installed hopefully this weekend so I’ll let you know if it worked as I hoped.

 

[bluex]

The only other question I have is the number of splines. It looks like the 1 inch only comes in 48 spline so I am hoping that is correct.

It should be 1"-48 that's what I used.

 

[TheHoundsman]

It should be 1"-48 that's what I used.

That makes me feel better. Thanks