1970 Power Steering Column?

[422STROKER]

How can I verify an E-body Power Steering Column?  Is there a spec on the length and are there any numbers on the column?

I think I grabbed a 70 E-body column PS, but want to double check it.  The lower housing does rotate AFAIKT.


Tom

[422STROKER]

Well it looks like it is one, I got 12" of Steering Shaft exposed outside of the housing and that measures the same as my PS column in my 72.  I hope that's right.

Tom

[MEK-Dangerfield]

Gee, what a quiet thread this is.   

Tom,

  The exposed part of my shaft is 12" if you include that big knuckle on the end.   




   Mike

[dutch]

  The exposed part of my shaft is 12" if you include that big knuckle on the end.   




   Mike

hey Mike...,
you`d better adjust some lyrics here..... ...... when April sees this.......  
Bart

[MEK-Dangerfield]

hey Mike...,
you`d better adjust some lyrics here..... ...... when April sees this.......  
Bart

You know what?

I thought the same thing before I posted.     Aww, what the heck. 

[422STROKER]

Thanks Mike, So 12" looks good?  I did word it specifically to say steering shaft for that reason.LOL

How much longer are the Manual Shafts?

Tom

[Chryco Psycho]

somewhere in the 3-4" longer range

[422STROKER]

 Thanks Chryco, looks like I grabbed the right one then.

Tom

[Chryco Psycho]

I can go back out to the garage & mearsue mine if you want me to

[422STROKER]

It would be good reference for everyone.

Tom

I can try and get some photos of mine up too.

[Chryco Psycho]

well this should confuse you from the bottom of the outer housing to the Top of the knuckle is 12"
from the botton of the interlock shaft to the top of the knuckle is 12.5"
& from the bottom of the outer housing to the bottomk of the knuckle is 15.5"

[422STROKER]

yes I'm confused.lol

When you say knuckle?  Yours is in the car right?

Tom

[Chryco Psycho]

Uhh no , the car body is in the body shop being painted Purple , the K frame is sitting on the floor as I just stripped all the steering linkage & box off it & the column is on the shelf

[422STROKER]

Ok, sorry about that.  This is what I got.  I'm guessing the knuckle is the coupler and yours is still attached to the shaft.
The blurry one shows a "6" on the housing, I hear that the "6" was used for 70's? and a "6o" was used on 71-4's? 
Tom

[Chryco Psycho]

That is shorter than mine