Borgeson 000975 Steering Shaft

First of all It wasn't possible for me to set up the shaft on my 1977 Ford F250, because the upper U-shaped part was loose In the case of the distributor shaft, the joint was not the appropriate one to fit the OEM Ford. As a result, I contacted Borgeson both by phone and by email and received the same information from each "Faults in manufacturing led to the shaft being made incorrectly. ". A tech support representative was able to assist me quickly and accurately, and I was told to return the incorrectly made shaft back It is NOT my fault that Borgeson responded in this way. A second point However, what frightened me about Borgeson was the fact that two different representatives came to me without even offering any concern that they had sent out incorrectly The calm manner in which they accepted this issue surprised me a bit The staff had heard of the same issue before, as if this was not the first time. The third is The design of this steering shaft seems flawed, and I wasn't sufficiently satisfied with the way it is made to consider ordering it again. There is a splined U-shaped shaft on Ford's original equipment The U-joint has splines at each end, and once the splines are engaged, there is a bolt at each splined joint that tightens the splines of the U-joint Joints at A) the steering box and B) the end of the upper steering shaft attach to the corresponding splined Two purposes are served by these bolts. In the first step, all play is removed from each connection after installing and clamping the splined joints. All slack is eliminated between the splined parts, which should mean backlash doesn't appear between the mating parts unless one of the bolts becomes loose The ends of the male and female splines move back and forth. In the design by Bergeson, the mating parts do not closely clamp on one another. As an additional safety measure, the OEM Ford clamp bolts are mounted both into the steering gear input shaft and into the upper steering shaft so that should any of the bolts work loose, the steering will be slightly loose, but the lower steering shaft will not separate from the steering gear or I do not approve of the short cuts Borgeson has taken in manufacturing this shaft, as they are not nearly as robust as Ford's original in this respect. Borgeson apparently doesn't mind taking these short cuts, whereas I am not. Since I find the replacement shaft I am looking at to be poorly designed, I will stick with my 43 year old Ford shaft that has still got a little free play in it. Please see the following other information In addition to having a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and extensive experience in that field, and having worked in it for over 40 years as well, I feel qualified to make these kinds of assessments and offer this kind of advice. A seasoned professional with experience performing maintenance and testing on heavy duty trucks. In addition to finding another OEM Ford steering shaft for my 5. 4L pickup, I intend to engineer a robust repair for the problem. The shaft I currently have is somewhat worn, so I am sticking with it rather than installing one that can possibly come apart while driving down a steep hill or on a.

Leah Salazar

| Apr 08, 2021

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to fix That is way too much money to spend on an issue like this.

Cassius Knapp

| Sep 23, 2020

The steering in my 1977 Ford F250 became firm and responsive as a result.

Laylah Nunez

| May 13, 2021

The installation process is easy! I am very happy with the.

Monica Wright

| Aug 16, 2020

The product is of high quality!.

Ariel Pena

| Oct 29, 2020

This was a high-quality product at a reasonable cost, arrived in good condition, and was even the right product for the job.

Scout DALE

| Aug 03, 2020