Steering Column and Rack

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FireKraka
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Steering Column and Rack

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Guys (and girls) I just picked up this collapsible column and steering rack apparently they were in an EK over here, the column has a mounting mod on it to bolt into the original position under the dash.
Need to know where the column comes from so I can track a boss.
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The mount points on the rack make me think it is a front mount, Torana :eh: it looks like it hasn't been shortened at all.

Appreciate your help
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Re: Steering Column and Rack

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Hi Neil,
The intermediate shaft look short for front mounting.

I picked up a LJ Torana rack some time back.
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Sorry ca'nt help identify the column.

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Hi Neil,

Can't tell at all about the column but if you measure the thickness of the shaft and how many splines it has you should be able to go from there.

I can tell you the HT Holden and early Torana are small spline and the HQ onward were bigger in thickness.(Do not remember what the sizes were sorry )

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looks HQ-Z to me , top bit looks like it has a HX-Z indicator sized hole that has been patched ? Bottom of the shaft looks to be 1" diameter which is HQ-HZ . doesn't appear to be collapsible , where is the crush area ? Should have a section on the outer that looks like Dean Laidleys fishnet stockings :lol: :lol:
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Call this mob to identify the splines:
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I agree with Blacky
doesn't appear to be collapsible , where is the crush area ? Should have a section on the outer that looks like Dean Laidleys fishnet stockings
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Re: Steering Column and Rack

Post by FireKraka »

Thanks for the replies guys.
It does have a quite small Dean Laidley area at the bottom but not really enough I think for engineering and the rack is an unknown.
I haven't paid for it yet and I know the guy so I think I might give it a miss as I'm tied of trying to mix and match stuff and I don't really need it at this point in time.
Again thanks for responses
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