The telecoping action on my Borgenson was a real tight fit, almost a press fit slide, quite difficult to move. In fact, one guy here thought he bought the wrong one because it wasn't long enough until I told him he needed to force it out to extend to the proper length. I don't think it is going to compress and fall apart without some undue pressure on it, or over a very long period of time, or if it started looser than mine was to begin with. I'm driling it for a small cotter pin anyways, just in case...

 

Just a thought but If you use the collar like you are suppose to it cant fall out any way. It will not allow the shaft to telescope. Sounds like some of you are blaming a Dodge prob on Borgenson. How could they know that the steering coulomb would fall apart. Had a friend that had the steering wheel come off the coulomb in his Jeep.

 

well borgeson has made things good with me on this incident with me. they are a stand up company.

 

Anyone notice that under the little black boot there is a set screw for the telescoping part of it. Why not just snug that down??? I just noticed mine had it after taking it apart to paint it.

 

I did not know that.

 

So tell us what they've done? More specifically, can I still utilize a Borgeson shaft with confidence that the Dodge steering column won't fall apart? Any additional details would be appreciated.

 

Here is how I fixed mine today.







All I had was some 2" tape for now setscrew is tight, I really wish I would have painted it when I first installed it.

 

weld it, ill post more later tonite.

 

I might do that in 4 more years when my warranty is up..

 

borgeson said weld it

 

I believe the through-bolt method would be preferred, just in case the need to remove it ever arose.

A hole drilled through both portions of the shaft, with a bolt through that hole, will prevent anything this side of a wreck from allowing anything to move.

 

Hmmm, mines a bit different. Under the boot and on the flat of the larger shaft there is a set screw. Once installed Im going to sinch it down and maybe ad a second one.

 

mine is different also andmine didnt come with that cupling. If i had that cupling I would drill sliglty in to the shaft and get alonger skrew and put alock nut on it with some locktight.

 

I decided to go with one small screw tapped into one side and loctited. I love welding stuff where appropriate and fabbing up custom parts, but not here:

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Not sure why you guys are moving that set-screwed collar, maybe I didn't read the instructions. Didn't look to me like it was intended to be moved, or used as shown above. That would interfere with the rubber boot.

I'm sure Boregenson recommends welding it. What's the best way for them to avoid any potential liability?

 

how are you collect on warranty work when your dead!