1986 Dodge D150 Steering Upgrade - Tech

To ease removal of the roll pin we soaked the area with Royal Purple Maxifilm-and yes, it does look like Royal Purple's Maxifilm has replaced Wurth's Rostoff as our favorite penetrating oil.

We used a two-pound ball-peen hammer to drive a hinge pin removed from one of the doors on my house to knock the roll pin out.

When driving a roll pin out, it's a good idea to ensure that the drift punch chosen doesn't expand the roll pin (notice it is split) and make it difficult to remove.

After soaking with Maxifilm, it didn't take a lot of force, but we used a pickle fork to knock the steering coupler away from the steering box.

The first step to installing the new Borgeson steering shaft was to place it over the Dodge steering box's splined shaft.

It was very important to verify that the Borgeson steering coupler fully engaged onto the Dodge steering box before locking down the retaining set screw arrangement used by Borgeson.

The last step was to position the Borgeson steering shaft fitted with the Borgeson rag-joint into place. After 100 miles we rechecked to see if the bolts were tight, and continued to drive our Dodge with its new tighter feel.