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Steering shaft?


Fryedbm

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Is this my steering shaft? Should I make this a priority?
 


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Did you men to post a picture so we know what you're looking at?
 

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That is often called the steering intermediate shaft because it's between the steering wheel and the steering gearbox.
 

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That is often called the steering intermediate shaft because it's between the steering wheel and the steering gearbox.
Ok. The boot is inn3 pieces. Replace immediately or can I hold off a bit?
 

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Eh. It's up to you. It doesn't do much up there. Easier to inspect the u-joints without it. If you think you might get a lot of mud up there in the future, it would help keep the u-joints clean and prolong their life.
 

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Eh. It's up to you. It doesn't do much up there. Easier to inspect the u-joints without it. If you think you might get a lot of mud up there in the future, it would help keep the u-joints clean and prolong their life.
Ty
 

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It's up there.
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I don't think there ever even was a cover on mine. :dunno:

If there was it fell off years ago without me noticing.
 

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