D&D K member install....steering shaft?

[Kid wita 5oh]

i picked up a used D&D motorsports tubular Kmember and bolted it up tonight.

but my steering shaft wasnt long enough...i had to unbolt it right where it comes out of the fire wall to allow it to slide on to the rack all the way...

anyone run into this? what should i do?

thanks
~Tim

 

[white 89 GT]

Yes mine was the same way, sometimes you can pull on the shaft from the firewall and it may come out a bit, if not the other choice is another shaft or like I did was cut mine and put both ends inside a sleeve tacked it took it off and welded it.
I don`t have that k-member on my car anymore.

 

[LiquidGT]

IDK if this will help you since I dont have that K-member or know anything about it. The part of the steering column that comes out from the firewall is collapsible, you might have pushed it in during your swap. I did a rack swap and this happened to me, I was tapping a piece into the column for my solid shaft and it collapsed, I thought I "crushed" the steering column and ruined it. The solid shaft instructions (I should've read first) said it can happen, and you simply pull it back out.

 

[Kid wita 5oh]

IDK if this will help you since I dont have that K-member or know anything about it. The part of the steering column that comes out from the firewall is collapsible, you might have pushed it in during your swap. I did a rack swap and this happened to me, I was tapping a piece into the column for my solid shaft and it collapsed, I thought I "crushed" the steering column and ruined it. The solid shaft instructions (I should've read first) said it can happen, and you simply pull it back out.

i pulled pretty hard and it wouldnt come out any...i'll try it again

thanks

 

[Kid wita 5oh]

well i tried again, my column definatly is not a collaspable one, (maybe only certain years are?)

are v8 steering shafts any longer?(mines a 4 cyl car)

 

[Kid wita 5oh]

i got it

i tried the hammer and screw driver method....that didnt work.....so i got a bigger hammer!