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242 steering u-joints

posted by  Michael Yount on  Wed Feb 17 16:01 CST 2016
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FWIW --- just for grins, I swung the smaller/upper u-joint 180 degrees from the way the OEM lower joint slides on the pinion shaft and, bam, it went right on. Won't go on the other way -- for the life of me it makes no sense. But it matters not -- it will work fine. The clamping bolt merely goes in from the bottom instead of the top. And it ended up looking like this (tacked)....
http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad214/MichaelYount/LS3%20Engine%20swap/steerinsteel_zpszygmz2t1.jpg
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