Square Body C3500 steering shaft swap

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dd1990

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Havened seen anyone mention this here. I just swapped out my old rag joint steering shaft for a C3500 steering shaft. C3500 steering shaft has a u-joint connection at the gear box. Safer than the XJ swap since the connection at the column is with a normal cross bolt compared to the clamp style of the XJ steering shaft. Steering play has been drastically reduced with the C3500 shaft.
 

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Good to know. Thats why I drilled mine for that cross bolt. Might wanna post this info in the intermediate shaft post as well. If it's there already, it'll be a reminder.
 

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