Frederic Fuller wrote:
> I bought my Dodge Dart Swinger to the shop for some electric work.
> To remove the instrument panel they needed to drop the steering
> column and found that coupler was shot, rubber was hard and it
> looked bad.
> So how much should rebuilding the steering column cost? I did
> a little searching on the web and at Laysons they charge about $275 on
> the average. I could not find any other quotes.
> It is a Dodge Dart Swinger, V8-318 with power steering. Any
> information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Frederic Fuller
If you mean the round disk of tire sidewall that bolts the top half
shaft to the bottom one, they sold me one for my old Dodge truck, at the
dealer, for $4 if I recall. The new bolts were extra.
Seems the dimensions haven't changed since the 40's.
RAG JOINTS:
http://www.izook.com/tech/samurai/body/ragjoint/ragjoint.htm
You did mention rubber. so it couldn't be one of these steel joints,
like:
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=700+400016+115+314229&autoview=sku
These could be engineered to replace the rag joint, for racing and high
performance situations.
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