Diy - fail

[WS6]

He didn't use strong enough aluminum and used JBweld for laminate. He should have made it from solid aluminum. Aside from that, there's nothing at all wrong with how he was approaching the problem. Fourth gen fbodies have a similar steering shaft design and replacing the rag joint with a solid aluminum spacer is common and much cheaper than what the Mustang guys were paying. Here's where I bought mine http://unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/

My rag join had slap wore out. So I replaced it with the solid unit. Worked fantastic. The rag joint is installed to isolate the steering shaft from vibrations and the flexing that is occurs in these cars. It's not needed to prevent ujoint failure as much as it's for comfort. I felt everything through my steering wheel after putting my solid spacer in.