Want to upgrade to power steering on this car. Removed existing (manual) rack/pinion assembly and am trying to install the power steering rack/pinion. On the power steering unit the male splined shaft is a larger diameter than the splined shaft on the manual steering unit.
Existing splined shaft approximately (its metric) 1/2 " diameter while the new splined shaft is approximately 9/16" diameter. Attached are two photos of the yoke. Dealer wants $128 for the correct yoke and tells me that I will also have to buy the steering column (slightly shorter) for a mere $
237. Donor car is already crushed and gone. The three auto dismantlers that I visited have the wrong part (after assuring me it was for the power steering version).Tired of all the driving and need METAL advice.
Any clever ways to attach this yoke to a slightly larger splined shaft? My only thoughts are: 1) drill out (enlarge) the yoke and pin it to the larger shaft. 2) Remove the shaft from the gear box, turn it down on the lathe and try to cut metric splines. 3) Weld the stuff together 4) Give up
There must be better ideas. Is there such a thing as a "spline repair kit" similar to thread repair inserts?
All ideas appreciated.
Ivan Vegvary