What type of custom steering shaft

[Stoichiometric]

I am looking for some input from those who have built custom steering shafts. I have a C5 corvette front cradle in a '64 fleetside Chevy truck and need to build a shaft from the rack all the way into the cab. All the U-joints I found for sale have 'off road use only' warnings with them, is that warning indicating a cheap joint or just a release of liability? Should I look for splined shaft or D shape? Any tips, tricks or links that anyone has would be appreciated!

[jaybee]

Does that include these guys http://ww2.borgeson.com/ or these http://www.ididitinc.com/ ? Their stuff gets used on the road every day, so if it has a warning I'd say it's for liability purposes.

[70bird]

Don't forget these guys http://www.flamingriver.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/category_id=85/home_id=85/mode=cat/cat85.htm

Good quality, a little spendy but.......it is your safety at stake.
Also, make sure your new shaft is of the telescoping variety. In the event of a severe front impact, a solid shaft could push the steering column right into you, or through you. Ouch!

[vp23271]

Please take a pic if you can. I have a 64 C10 too and would love to see how you addapted the C5 front end into the C10 frame.

[TBART70]

I am looking for some input from those who have built custom steering shafts. I have a C5 corvette front cradle in a '64 fleetside Chevy truck and need to build a shaft from the rack all the way into the cab. All the U-joints I found for sale have 'off road use only' warnings with them, is that warning indicating a cheap joint or just a release of liability? Should I look for splined shaft or D shape? Any tips, tricks or links that anyone has would be appreciated!

Borgeson is good. They all have the same setup for support bearings which I don't like, they are too loose, buy rod ends that have a .750 hole instead of the .755 for the actual supports. I am making changes to my car just so I don't have extra joints an support bearings. It looked Mickey Mouse to me. I do have some new stainless joints and splined shaft that will be for sale as soon as I fix the problem. DD shaft is easier to do but the spline looks better to me.

[Stoichiometric]

Thanks for the response guys, that was what I was after.
vp23271, I can get some pictures of the cradle and what I had to modify on the frame. I came to the point of needing to get the steering shaft through the frame, I need to order some parts before continuing.

[streetk14]

I used a 3/4" DD shaft for the C5 subframe setup in my Camaro. I used Flaming River billet u-joints with one of them being the "vibration damper" type. I did not use a collapsible shaft, but I have been thinking about changing to one for safety reasons as stated above.

Andy