Street Rod Steering Column Installation

This time at the quick speed shop i m mounting the steering column and hooking the steering shaft to the vega box in the model a hot rod shop truck.

Street rod steering column installation. Walton fabrication was quick to solve the problem for car owner aron hahn welding his plate from their steering column kit in unison with the custom ididit column. Automatic column shift columns. Column shift linkage installation. Steering joints with 1 dd.

The steering column must be supported with two column drops under the dash and a support bearing through the firewall. Column electrical rebuild. Figure 1 it is vital that the steering column is tight and secure. In typical street rod steering with an off center box multiple u joints and a more vertical steering column the system is more likely to fold in on itself at the joints pulling the steering.

Grease spring and insert it into the casting hole. Dress up kits shift arms. This is the shift lever where your linkage will attach from the column to the transmis sion. Column shift paintable.

3 piece dress up kit. Steering joints with 3 4 dd. Once those are done it ll be time to strip the truck down to a bare frame and do. Please follow the kit instructions.

Ignition rod must move freely otherwise damage to the ignition key and tumbler assembly will result. Attaching your column to a steering gearbox or rack pinion system. Wheel adaptor for 9 bolt steering wheel. Note the 5 16 hole through the bushings most kits use a 5 16 bolt to secure the rod to the column.

2 key tilt steering column installation 3 key tilt steering column ignition wiring 4 neutral safety switch column shift only. Of mounting the steering column in the most common street rod or hot rod applications. The steering system is now configured and the installation of my front shock mounts is basically all that s left. Ididit provided the column and shifter cable as jegs and borgeson helped out with the missing pieces to complete the installation.

At the bottom of your column you will notice a lever. Column drops floor bases. Length 28 30 and 32 g m. Street rod products click on thumbnails to view larger photos.