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<blockquote data-quote="NotMatt" data-source="post: 1365507" data-attributes="member: 15947"><p>Here's my orbital mount in progress. I will be adding a small bolt-in brace to the lower end that will incorporate at least two of the valve housing bolts just for a little extra bracing. Also, I added a heim that supports the steering shaft going into the orbital. </p><p></p><p>The steering shaft assembly is out of a cherokee, it was the perfect length (YJ one was way too long) and bolted right up to the YJ column. I cut the input shaft off of a junk manual YJ steering box that xraidedj gave me so I would have the splines to clamp the steering shaft to. This is a nice trick, because the input shaft on the steering boxes is just a hair under 3/4" so it works good with a 3/4" heim for support. I just "machined" (with a grinder) the matching keyed shape onto the other end of the stubby input shaft for the orbital, and made a little bushing/seal plate out of some 1.5" tube and a rubber bushing I dug out of the parts bin. </p><p></p><p>I think you could do the same setup with the input shaft on a power box as well, but you'd have to take it apart to get the shaft out. The manual boxes have a lot of the shaft showing because they're a lot smaller.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotMatt, post: 1365507, member: 15947"] Here's my orbital mount in progress. I will be adding a small bolt-in brace to the lower end that will incorporate at least two of the valve housing bolts just for a little extra bracing. Also, I added a heim that supports the steering shaft going into the orbital. The steering shaft assembly is out of a cherokee, it was the perfect length (YJ one was way too long) and bolted right up to the YJ column. I cut the input shaft off of a junk manual YJ steering box that xraidedj gave me so I would have the splines to clamp the steering shaft to. This is a nice trick, because the input shaft on the steering boxes is just a hair under 3/4" so it works good with a 3/4" heim for support. I just "machined" (with a grinder) the matching keyed shape onto the other end of the stubby input shaft for the orbital, and made a little bushing/seal plate out of some 1.5" tube and a rubber bushing I dug out of the parts bin. I think you could do the same setup with the input shaft on a power box as well, but you'd have to take it apart to get the shaft out. The manual boxes have a lot of the shaft showing because they're a lot smaller. [/QUOTE]
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