curt234

Take a look at the pics below. Anyone see this before, whats the easiest way to do fix this. I installed the borgeson steering shaft in the fall not many miles on it don't drive the truck to often.

Philip

Your set screw came loose on the shaft letting the upper shaft come out. Or you didn't watch for that when you installed the borg shaft.

The upper shaft is made to collapse on impact. Which means the lower shaft holds it in place.

curt234

I removed the set screw under the boot and pushed the shaft back up. I took out the lock washer and applied medium strength loctite. I can't move the shaft now but I thought I read somewhere that the shaft is suppose to move? When I have time their is hours and hours of reading searching through the posts.

NJTman

The Borgeson shaft was / is known for collapsing on itself from the setscrew not holding properly. This was documented years ago by several members including BobVA. Search his name and you will find his thread. He was almost killed when the shaft fell completely out. Luckily he wasn't traveling fast and coasted to the side of the road.

The factory shafts in trucks have a collapsible system with plastic, or aluminum pins which allow the steering assembly to compress in a high speed offset accident where you hit something that pushes the steering gear upwards towards the driver. Borgeson was required to do the same to prevent lawsuits where drivers were injured or killed by the steering column being pushed into the cab through a rigid intermediate shaft design (in theory) if they sold solid, non collapsing shaft.

For me, the idea that the intermediate shaft is going to launch by upper column into me isn't an issue, as if I hit anything that hard with a 1992 engineered rusty old truck, I've got bigger concerns than that steering column, as the precise impact required to skewer me is nearly impossible.

In my truck, I have a jeep Chevy c10 combination shaft in there, and once I had the length I needed to keep all straight, I drilled through both shafts joining them together with a grade 2 screw, preventing collapse unless a huge impact is experienced. A brass bolt or shear pin will work as well.

Not advising you to do the same, just telling you what worked for me.

j.fonder

how do we get that guy back!?!

curt234

Thanks guys going keep an eye on it now.

Philip

Yea it only takes one time and you learn to look at it every time you open the hood.

Its happened to about everyone with a borg shaft.

Diesel_Dawg

Ditto - To make it easier for me to check, I marked the shaft with a white enamel paint pen. I check the mark on the shaft as part of my pre-trip inspection.