Square Body C3500 steering shaft swap

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Havened seen anyone mention this here. I just swapped out my old rag joint steering shaft for a C3500 steering shaft. C3500 steering shaft has a u-joint connection at the gear box. Safer than the XJ swap since the connection at the column is with a normal cross bolt compared to the clamp style of the XJ steering shaft. Steering play has been drastically reduced with the C3500 shaft.
 

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Good to know. Thats why I drilled mine for that cross bolt. Might wanna post this info in the intermediate shaft post as well. If it's there already, it'll be a reminder.
 
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dd1990 said:
Havened seen anyone mention this here. I just swapped out my old rag joint steering shaft for a C3500 steering shaft. C3500 steering shaft has a u-joint connection at the gear box. Safer than the XJ swap since the connection at the column is with a normal cross bolt compared to the clamp style of the XJ steering shaft. Steering play has been drastically reduced with the C3500 shaft.
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What year c3500 did you use for application?
 
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I chose same year as my suburban 1990
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I wonder why my 1991 GMC 2wd 3500 doesn't have one? Thats what i want it for. Must have been replaced once before I got it.
 
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I wonder why my 1991 GMC 2wd 3500 doesn't have one? Thats what i want it for. Must have been replaced once before I got it.
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I'm not exactly sure but I believe only the HD 3500s got them, over a certain gross weight
 
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dd1990 said:
Havened seen anyone mention this here. I just swapped out my old rag joint steering shaft for a C3500 steering shaft. C3500 steering shaft has a u-joint connection at the gear box. Safer than the XJ swap since the connection at the column is with a normal cross bolt compared to the clamp style of the XJ steering shaft. Steering play has been drastically reduced with the C3500 shaft.
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Part numbers below:

Gm shaft Part #26015779
GM bolt part #11610555
Dorman shaft #425-177
 
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