How to make a custom steering shaft on the cheap!

[JGood]

I hope my steering wheel smacks my face and knocks me out before my 3 foot long remote brake booster rod gets rammed into my nuts.

[tooslow]

I hope my steering wheel smacks my face and knocks me out before my 3 foot long remote brake booster rod gets rammed into my nuts.

Hahahahaha funny shit right there

Great thread, to the OP thanks for the ideas, exactly what I need for my swap!

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[IronFreak]

Hahahahaha funny shit right there

Great thread, to the OP thanks for the ideas, exactly what I need for my swap!

Save yourself some headaches and look on ebay for the steering shafts. I got 2 shipped to my house for under $50. beats digging them out of a junk yard!

[Klasse]

Thank you to the OP for posting this writeup. I was about to purchase the flaming river gear until I saw this.
One question though. You mentioned installing set screws to hold the centre section in position. Could you not use roll pins as an alternative? They would achieve the same outcome but not require tapping a thread.

[1991 e30 bmw 318is]

great idea but it looks to me that when its together the u-joints on each end are not at same angle as other end... (maybe just the little pics it hard to tell). maybe for this application its ok, but i know if you weld up a drive shaft like that it shakes very bad because of binding do to not being in sync. if this is binding do to not getting set up in sync it will probably have stiff spot in wheel and be hard on the joints... or maybe it tottaly fine in this application..

[OldSkoolE3]

I did this. worked out awesome!

[Wanganstyle]

I did this with a z4 steering shaft for z4 rack into i6 24v e30; shortened welded solid. Its held 30++ hours of wheel to wheel racing with contact and its been great.


if one desires a cleaner non powered rack for a v8 it would also be a good choice.

The z4 steering shaft is similar to e46 but its designed telescoping; has some ball bearings it rides on.

The e46 shaft as op has shown is solid steel and seems much more work able.

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[badwella]

Resurrecting an old thread.

How did you correct the issue with the clamping bolt from the e46 shafts? It protrudes into the splined section.


Newer steering racks have a 'notch' cut out of them for this

but the e30 steering shaft doesn't.

Did you cut your shaft or did you do something to the bolt?

[Stvstr]

I ground down the pinch bolt in the middle only, and have to slide the shafts together with bolt in place. I have maybe 1000 miles on my e46 shafts with no problems.

[Denny]

Very nice! thank you very much for sharing this.. next time I remove my engine...

[bmk]

I slipped on the steering shaft, then drilled just drilled out a notch so it was perfectly aligned. Super easy and doesnt harm a thing

[Jean]

To bump this back up, what's the verdict now in 2017 as far as these go for clearance with m60 swaps ?

Is flaming river still the only off the shelf option, that is ready to go?

Thanks

[jpod999]

To bump this back up, what's the verdict now in 2017 as far as these go for clearance with m60 swaps ?

Is flaming river still the only off the shelf option, that is ready to go?

Thanks

No, you can buy this E46 based setup from Garagistic. It's pretty simple to make, only took me a few hours though.

[Jean]

No, you can buy this E46 based setup from Garagistic. It's pretty simple to make, only took me a few hours though.

Oh !

And it clears the M60 manifold, Obd1 or Obd2 ? I'll have to take a look.

[jpod999]

Oh !



And it clears the M60 manifold, Obd1 or Obd2 ? I'll have to take a look.

I’ll take a picture of the clearance to my X5 manifolds for you tonight.