Installing headers

[Bellevensian]

I am installing a set of the hedman shorty headers, and am having a bear of a time getting the steering shaft out, i read that you just need to remove a top and bottom bolt and just pry... i have tried that and it only moves up about a quarter of an inch. i have ran out of ideas and was hoping that someone could inspire me. thanks

[4more]

try some spray lube or wd-40 on the shaft i had one once that would not slide together it made it very hard to remove normally the slid pretty easy i believe this is a safty device so when the front gets smashed the steering shaft can colaps and not shove the wheel into your chest.

[RoyM]

Ive thought about this, and i was thinking what about just cutting a lil peice out of the flange that bolts to the block so u can just slid the header over the shaft without removing the shaft? just an idea.. roy

[ZZ4Blazer]

Don\'t ruin a good set of headers.



Take the bolts out. On mine, it was always easier to get the bottom out first.



Just use some WD-40, and put your ass into it.

[Bellevensian]

where do i spray the wd-40....down by the round rubber piece? or where it goes into the steering box.that bottom bolt that i took out of what looks like a bracket...does that piece come off? or does it slide in to that bottom box witht the shaft

[Knanthrup]

dude, spray it all the hell over the place... and then some. go mad with it, dont leave anything dry.



thats what i do, it always seems to work.

[s10rodder]

All I do is take out the top bolt up by the firewall, and compress the shaft. I\'ve never had to take the whole thing out to get my headers in/out. Put some elbow grease into compressing the shaft and you should be able to swing the shaft far enough out of the way to get the header on.

[slcpunk21]

Man it\'s been a while since I took mine apart...and it\'s in storage now so I\'m gonna go off of remembering here... there should be a notch/line in the lower shaft that you can put a flat head screwdriver in or something like that. Then beat the screwdriver with a hammer it should move for ya...then you\'ll be all good to go. And yes go nuts with the WD-40! Good luck man!

[Bellevensian]

alright thanks guys, i\'ll give it a shot

[BadBowtie]

I had just did this a couple day ago on my truck.

I removed both bolts and then took a small pry bar at the bottom to pry it off the pump and it worked for me.