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Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 12:52 pm
by FireKraka
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

it looks like it hasn't been shortened at all.
Appreciate your help
Neil
Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 2:02 pm
by Wrongway Roger
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.
Cheers
Roger
Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 4:45 pm
by EK283
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 )
Greg
Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 5:54 pm
by Blacky
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

Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 6:03 pm
by Harv
Call this mob to identify the splines:
http://speedex.com.au
Cheers,
Harv
Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 7:19 pm
by BILLY BLACKARROW
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
I no not everyone agrees with him

Sorry
Blacky I couldn't resist
Re: Steering Column and Rack
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:11 am
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
Neil