Thread: Steering joint question

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On my 53 I seem to have trouble with the steering shaft knuckles binding and my angles arnt to to severe compared to others I have seen. I was wondering if I have two different size joints,if that would cause a binding effect because of the different radius or if 180 degree is the same no matter what size the joint..

180 is 180, you're right about that.

I seem to recall seeing that phasing is important, but don't recall if the orientation is same or opposite from joint to joint.

Shaft support bearings can help.

Someone will come along and post a link or two with so good info.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

On my 53 I seem to have trouble with the steering shaft knuckles binding and my angles arnt to to severe compared to others I have seen. I was wondering if I have two different size joints,if that would cause a binding effect because of the different radius or if 180 degree is the same no matter what size the joint..

Photo, please. It's hard to diagnose problems like this with just short descriptions. How many u-joints do you have in your steering shaft? Do you have them phased correctly? If you have three u-joints or a single and a double in combination, you need a support bearing.

The illustration below shows how they need to be phased.

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I understand, when I get home I'll take a few pics