Is a steering shaft replacement needed?

Well on sunday Mike (SidRipTide) stopped by to drop off a couple of things and he took a quick look at my steering issue.. Right away he saw that my steering shaft had a joint that seemed to have extra play in it.. Basicly the top half connected to the wheel was turning slightly but the lower half didnt move until a certain point was reached..


In this picture you can see the part I am talking about.. Now I dont know if I have to replace the entire shaft or just that section.. Or even how difficult it is to do so. I called a few junkyards in my area and no one had a shaft and a few actually said they dont save them. So I am not sure if anyone has any other connections they would be willing to check with for me.. I was talking to a friend and he said that there is a Borgenson piece that is made to replace it. I guess its a heavy duty replacement, but the price is around $230 and I dont have the money right now and probably dont need it.. So any help would be great!!!

Thanks a alot!

Depending on what year it is, some of the XJs used GM steering columns. You could possibly use one out of a car or small truck, I’m thinking S-10ish. Flaming River makes a heavy-duty replacement, but its pretty expensive. I’d check with the u-pull-it places in the surrounding towns. If nothing else give Crown Automotive a call:
http://www.crownautomotive.net/

Does this thread look familiar...

http://jeepin.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=006657;p=1#000003

and

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40829

I put it up a while ago and i really didnt get anywhere with anyone ?

Any suggestions, did you get it fixed ?

pete

Have the guys at your local check their Spicer, L&S, and Timken catalogues for replacements - I know I once saw them while I was wasting time behind a parts counter years ago...

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