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**MikeB** · 08-05-2019, 04:48 PM

Scoti -- Nice write-up on the other thread! Sounds like a lot of mods to do it right.

After reading another post on that same thread (I think), I just ordered a $16 Borgeson rag joint kit. And if I don't like that, then I'll get their 000935 shaft with dual u-joints.

Can't say my rag joint is toast, but it doesn't take much for it to hit the travel limiter pins. The truck wanders just a bit with around 1 degree caster, which is all the alignment guy could get while keeping camber in specs. So I will start with the rag joint and move on as necessary.

Sure would like to have my box modified by AGR. Installed one a few years ago on a friend's 66 truck (with adapter bracket and Ididit coulumn). It made a huge difference -- quicker, but stiff on-center due to larger torsion bar. Almost like driving a new sports sedan!

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MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,432	Re: Rag joint replacement with ujoint shaft, who’s done it? Scoti -- Nice write-up on the other thread! Sounds like a lot of mods to do it right. After reading another post on that same thread (I think), I just ordered a $16 Borgeson rag joint kit. And if I don't like that, then I'll get their 000935 shaft with dual u-joints. Can't say my rag joint is toast, but it doesn't take much for it to hit the travel limiter pins. The truck wanders just a bit with around 1 degree caster, which is all the alignment guy could get while keeping camber in specs. So I will start with the rag joint and move on as necessary. Sure would like to have my box modified by AGR. Installed one a few years ago on a friend's 66 truck (with adapter bracket and Ididit coulumn). It made a huge difference -- quicker, but stiff on-center due to larger torsion bar. Almost like driving a new sports sedan! __________________ Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 34 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 23 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! Last edited by MikeB; 08-05-2019 at 04:55 PM.