Please help - Anybody have experience with a Flaming River steering column?

[turbogmc]

I had bought a Flaming River steering column for my 4 spd roadrunner since the last owner sold the original to a buddy of his. I had gotten the new u-joint that connects to the power steering pump stub shaft, and a big aluminum brace that they charged me $75.00 for that i am assuming is for bracing it under the dash. The problems i have are A). The brace doesn't fit for [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean]. It holds the column alot farther down than usual (like 2-3 inches too far) and i dont have any of the original bracing. I also think the new column is a smaller diameter so if i had the original stuff, it may be too loose. And B). the shaft is too long (at least 2-4 inches). Can i adjust this some how with a slip joint somewhere on the column or do i just carefully measure and cut off the excess. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Bret

 

[67 coronet]

do you have a semi unversal or direct fit column?if universal,you will need to build custom bracketing.if direct fit,call flaming river,something is wrong.

 

[benno440]

I asked same question about a year ago, and got no help obviously it is not done a lot especially here.
but how I got mine installed was a 1 off custom which you will also have to do.

I got the u shaped universal bracket and welded it to the original column bracket and bolted it to original dash bolts,
I then welded the lower firewall bracket to the column in the rright spot and bolted it to firewall, I also had to cut the shaft in engine bay to correct length.
I can get some pics tomorrow for you if this helps

 

[turbogmc]

Thanks for the response, i thought they said the column was a direct fit but i am guessing it is not. The bracket they sent me was a really thick cnc machined piece of aluminum so i can't weld it to anything. I will l ook into finding a bracket set up off a donor car if i can find one to make something up. If you don't mind benno440, send a pic or two to [email protected]. Thanks, again, Bret