which steering shaft?

[The Camel]

Hi guys, I'm trying to get the parts together for a rear mount rack and pinion setup on my EH wagon. I thought that i had read online that a shaft from a VB/VC/VH commodore is best so thats what I got. However it doesn't look like the one others have used

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Unfortunately I can't get to wreckers to be able to visually identify one. Can anyone tell me which model has the correct shaft?
Cheers

[Blacky]

That will depend on what column and rack you are using ..............

[The Camel]

Sorry I should have included more details.
Rear mounted rack from a VH commodore, to be shortened
HK column, going to machine end to suit steering shaft uni

Or am I missing something

[Blacky]

I used a VL shaft , had a VH rack and column bottom half in my car - from memory I had to shorten it a bit though.

[The Camel]

OK cool, thanks for that. Was the top uni joint on the intermediate shaft a male or a female coupling?
I am imagining that it must be a male that fits into the lower section of the column
Cheers for your help!!!

[Blacky]

I used the bottom half of a Commodonor column and the top half of an EK column , that way I ended up with a column that looked original but was collapsible and fitted up to the rack.

[The Camel]

Cheers for all the help
I finally got all the peices together for my R&P steering
HK top part of the column, VK bottom half of column, int shaft and VH rack.
HK column was from a floor shift too so no gear selector
Next step is to measure up the crossmember and make a drawing so i can get the dimensions to shorten my rack to
It feels good to finally get some progress