steering column..!

[Jhexide]

Hi everyone
building a t-bucket,and i need to mock up the column,and shaft to the vega box
how to i attach the column to the body, its fiberglass,and guite flimsy....!!!!!

thanks in advance

 

[409T]

Take a look at these for mounting to the dash http://www.ididitinc.com/accessory_pages/steering_column_drops.htm and these for mounting to the firewall http://www.ididitinc.com/accessory_pages/floor_mounts.htm . Those should at lease give you an idea of one way to do it, but of course there are a hundred more. Most people include some sort of steel or aluminum reinforcement behind the dash if it is fiberglass, and perhaps either ply or metal on one side of the firewall.

 

[PotvinGuy]

We glassed in a 1/2" square steel tube along the bottom of the dash. The column drop bolts to it.

 

[Joe-405]

i am making mine with a piece of 1 5/8 tube shaped in a upside down u butted against the firewall and the width of the frame.

 

[EX JUNK]

I don't know what type of column you are planning on using. Personally, I don't like using a factory column as they are too bulky looking in my opinion for a T. I built my own using a piece of heavy wall aluminum conduit. I installed two bearings to support the double D shaft and the base of the column is mounted to a piece of 1/4" aluminum plate. The column is attached to the bottom of the dash by means of a piece of square steel tubing that has "legs" that go to the floor with steel plate "feet". These feet act as a body mounting point to the frame.Therefore, the column is very rigidly mounted. On the outside of the firewall there is a bearing to support the shaft on its way to the steering box. I've attached a few pictures that might help explain things.

The home made column and drop.

The base of the column

The shaft support bearing.

The steering box mount.

Jim