Anybody build a copy of the Flaming River adapter?

[Montclaire]

Has anyone built a copy of the power to manual flaming river adapter? These START at $170, which to me is insane. Any idea what spline I would need for a manual box? The other end just looks to be a shaft and open coupler, I think you must have to cut your stock column shaft and weld this on, which would ruin the plating anyway...

 

[john.thompson068]

You can slip it on, then drill through through your shaft and slip a pin through the coupler and the steering shaft. I ruined my power steering column with one of those kits years ago. Now I want power steering and a quick ratio box.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

But it so purdy:tongue5:

 

[RonP]

great timing..I just burnt my factory couple today and it broke..So this coupler from flaming river is an easy install? looks like I need one.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Sawzall,done in the car.Dressed the end of the shaft so it would slide on.After it was back together I drilled the hole in the shaft using the holes in the adapter as the guide and pressed in the roll pin:angel10:

 

[RonP]

Not going to work for me. D$%N

My 73 Satellite has the coupler and that rubber disk. I removed it all and this adapter is too short....now what?

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

Did you buy a new Flaming River??You have optionsops:

 

[Montclaire]

Send it back and build one. That's what I will be doing, just haven't gotten to it. Take a few minutes and go through the borgeson website. You'll need a u-joint that can mate to the same spline as the input on the box, with the other side set up for a plain shaft, they sell those also is different lengths. On the end of that you need what looks like a plain open coupler, if you figure it out and get part numbers please post. Whatever it comes out to, it HAS to be cheaper than what FR charges.

 

[Montclaire]

Just did the math, figure $120-130 in plain steel if you go the u-cobble route. If you can buy one used or second hand, that's your price point.

 

[Montclaire]

Autoplicity has them new for $154