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Originally Posted by HO455
The spring is to preload the lower bearing. The rag joint is there to prevent the steering column from being shoved through the driver's chest in a head on crash. Back in the day it was a leading cause of traffic fatalities. Rag joints were one of the earliest government mandated safety regulations for automotive manufacturers.
Having a single U-joint will not prevent this from happening. You will need to have 2 U-joints to achieve the same safety.
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The first ujoint would replace the rag joint going into the gear box, the second u joint would go right infront of that spring correct? Right in front of that spring is another cinch bolt with splines underneath, 36 of them.or does the seco d u joint need to go higher tha. That somewhere. Just doesnt seem like it could go anywhere else.
I found a collapsible steering shaft 3/4 DD 30 splines and 36 splines, that would work and stull keep it safe correct? I dont want to change something if its not better for the system. Everything i have read indicates dual u joints has a much better systen