Steering column Extension
 

I need one a steering column extension as my donor had PAS.
Found one on Ebay but it says it needs new rubbers, are these readily available?

Hi James

I don't think that you will find the ruber ring is available as a service part.

Had a sneaky feeling that the rubber ring is riveted in place, I have just been out to check mine & it is definately, factory riveted.
The long & short of it is, you'll probaly have to buy a whole new assembly from Ford :eek:

Rally Design do a suitable steering rack coupling though :)

Use one of those cheeky wee knuckles from rally design, look better and better clearance wise as bit like those knuckley things in a socket set...;)

I am with you on that one Mark :)

Not the cheapest to buy but at least it will get rid of that rubber ring that's going to be about 20-25 years old ;)

You'll find them on this page.

Rally Design

The forged ones are the boys to go for ;)

Cheers Ronnie I'm far too lazy to go hunting for links .........:o

So what parts would I need? I'm presuming the sierra coupling, group 4 coupling and a shaft

Ronnie is defo right,it's a complete assembly with the rubber doughnut.

RD bits and pieces are better.

I guess you would need the Escort coupling & shaft

Would imagine that the Sierra coupling has a spline one end & a triangular bit at the other .... Better suited to joining the extension shaft to the exhisting Sierra triangular lower steering column ??

Not 100% sure on that though .... If I were to have a gripe with Rally Designs website, it would be that there is not enough product information & the images could be larger/better quality :confused:

To do a real fair dinkum job, I suspect you'll need, 1 X Escort coupling, 1 X Sierra coupling & 1 X Extension shaft ( A quick call to RD would confirm this ) .... Soon starts to get expensive :eek:

If it is of any help to you James,
I belive I have a spare, original Sierra rack coupling here that is still serviceable.
Just need to double check the spline size. :)

Fogive me James, I think I am being a little bit dim today :o :o

You probably have a coupling like this on the end of your column ?



If you have, I guess the most low cost way of doing things would to do the following.

Cut the pice in the photo, midway in the round section ( Circled )

Extend the shaft using some suitable, thick wall round tube.

One end should then join onto the steering shaft & the other end should fit into the triangular end of the Sierra type group 4 coupling.

Still best to check with RD to see if this is the case though ;)

Now I'm confused lol

that's what I have:confused: