[mrtonegto]

If any of you might have your steering wheel off.....
Could you give me the distance that the shaft extends beyond the column?

Thanks!
Tone

[Cardo]

I don't have mine apart right now, but that basically gets set when you install the column in the car. Once you bolt up the rag joint, you can set that final depth by where you tighten the column to the bottom of the dash.

[mrtonegto]

Thanks, understood, however i am installing a EPAS in the car so things are moving around
...lol

[chrisp]

Originally Posted by mrtonegto

Thanks, understood, however i am installing a EPAS in the car so things are moving around
...lol

If done incorrect you will have a gap between the wheel & column,best to fully assemble the column & wheel then do your cutting. let us know how the EPAS system works out.

[mrtonegto]

Originally Posted by chrisp

If done incorrect you will have a gap between the wheel & column,best to fully assemble the column & wheel then do your cutting. let us know how the EPAS system works out.

Thanks for responding.
My concern doing it that way is that there will be no tension on the column - the spring would not compress. That would seem to effect the gap between the wheel and column.
Guess and cut short = oops! find another column......

[mrtonegto]

I should say that my rag joint is not stock.

[mrtonegto]

The Saturn Vue system is installed and operational. Few things about the install:
- the upper brake pedal arm needs to be bent to get around the EPAS unit. I switch to a '69+ Camaro, it's configured with a partial bend.
- used 1/4" alum plate on outside of FW, retained thru existing holes and sealed.
- Used 2" ID thin-wall exhaust pipe to go thru the firewall plate. Conforms perfectly to the EPAS output retainer.
-used a Flashpower Swivel Column Floor Mount from Amazon. Mounted engine side on the alum FW plate. Makes for a profession looking install.
- got a second steering column to cut up. A piece of larger sized exhaust pipe welded to the column fits over the EPAS input retainer.
- requires notching of the clutch/brake assy support.