Flaming River installation, page 2

Flaming River instructions then told us to cut the stock shaft and insert the supplied steel shaft adapater (E). The new piece slides inside the stock shaft and is a tight fit. We then brazed the two together at point 'D' (this was just temporary, to check for proper fitment. This was mig welded later).

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We stuck the shaft into some snow for cooling purposes.

We re-installed the shaft before the box was bolted to the frame.

This is the flaming river box mounted in the car. (G) We then tightened the pitman arm nut (1 1/8") onto the steering box. Re-attaching the other end of the pitman arm to the center link was a problem because the nut was a little stripped. This is also a little tricky because the stud in the center link likes to spin when you're trying to tighten the nut. The impact gun eventually over came this.

The scale reads 23 pounds for the stock pieces, and 13 for the new stuff (even though you can't see it, don't worry we wrote it down).

Colin reports that the steering feel is much better with the new box. It's more accurate and has less slop, and less turning of the wheel for those 3-point turns.

Hopefully in the near future I'm going to remove the power steering from my car, and bolt on the Flaming River kit. I'll report the weight savings then.