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Reply to "Banjo steering wheel & column"

Never got around to shoot off an e-mail, so I'll just post the info here.

 

Yes, the column bearing sleeve can be shortened.  The bearings at either end can be pushed out, shorten the tube, and then press them back in.

 

Also, where the steering column pushes onto the input shaft of the steering box you'll find a pinch bolt and a flat spot about 1 1/4" long.  This is where the pinch bolt passes the column.  You can loosen the pinch bolt and move the column forward and backward here by almost an inch.  Not sure where your starting point is, obviously, but if you are all the way back then you can gain almost an inch by just doing this.

 

The smaller hub adapter will also buy you some room.

 

Lastly, you can (very carefully) shorten the column.  Any time we shorten a column or fabricate a custom column I sleeve the column with rod, drill and press in roll pins on both ends, and then weld it up solid.

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