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Originally Posted by collegekid
Thank you NISR20MO for that advice, tonight after work I will
-do exactly what you said
-attach the u joint to the column first
-re install to the cross member last
Does that sound correct?
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Sorry I didn't check back last night.
I had removed my column from the inside of the car and pulled it completely out of the car for the shortening/lengthening.
For lining it up, go ahead and put it mostly back in place but pulled back into the cabin a little. It helps to have a friend feed the column through while you line up and slip the u-joint into place. It sucks by yourself, be prepared to excrete foul language. It also took me a few tries to get mine the right length as it had been bumped back in well over 2 inches cause the column was out for awhile, and had been moved around with the car quite a bit.
I did this with the U-Joint on the column already, but only loosely tightened so that it would not come off. The bolt shank rides in the machined area and will not allow the U-Joint to slip fully off. But it would slide up and down a bit which was good for fine tuning length.