Borgeson 000950 Steering Shaft

My old steering was so sloppy. Chasing the wheel back an forth. Lots of play an worn out lower U-joint. I put the new steering shaft in an It made a huge difference in the steering.Its so much easier to keep the tires in the lane. A must do if your steering was like mine.

The steering shaft did make a great improvement to the steering of the truck over the stock style shaft. The issues I have with it is the installation and using set screws to hold it on with. It is nearly impossible to properly drill the dimples in the shaft coming from the steering column, so I ended up removing the steering column from the truck. I am glad I did it that way because my attempt at drilling the dimples with the column installed didn't result in the correct outcome. The instructions really doesn't say how much of a dimple is needed, so after some research online I found a good example. This part is critical to keep the shaft from sliding off the column which would result in loosing your steering and possibly dying or killing someone else. They really need to include pictures of the install rather than the drawings. I also added a 8/32" set screw to the end of the column shaft (making sure it didn't interfere with the movement of the steering shaft to help catch the shaft in case the set screws worked their way loose). On the other end, I filed the flat as the directions indicated. Really, the only safety with this shaft is the collar that slides up to the rubber boot. This keeps the shaft from folding up, but it holds on with a set screw as well. Make sure you use the blue loctite as well to help keep things tight. Hopefully I will not have any issues with this shaft, Borgeson has made thousands of these with no issues, so hopefully I am just being paranoid.

Purchased for my 1998 2500 4x4 and couldn't be happier. It's stout and offers minimal play around the joints; greatly reduces vibrations at the wheel and fixed a lot of slop in my steering. A little spendy but leaps and bounds better than any Dormain part or other manufacturer.

4 stars due to it not being painted.....it's $270 and y'all cant paint it? Anyways. This got rid of alot of slop in my steering. The slip joint was very loose on my factory one. This made a big difference. Now that this is rigid and no rubber coupling like factory. I can feel more through the wheel.

The steering feel of my truck has been greatly improved and lightened however I do not like that this steering shaft required grinding a flat onto the splines of my steering box and only attached to the column with set screws. I dont understand why borgeson cannot provide their joints on factory style attachments. Given the choice again I would purchase a OEM shaft. But this a good choice for aftermarket products if OEM is unavailable at the time. Order number #1227809

I recently installed on of these on my 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 4x2 along with a Borgeson steering gearbox. It's basically one big heavy hunk of precision American steel with smooth precision u-joints on the ends. It's very well made. A good upgrade to eliminate and prevent the possibility of future steering shaft play.Be aware Borgeson supplies this item unpainted with only a light film of oil covering it. If you don't want it to rust over time (and reports suggest it will), then you'll need to spray paint it before installation. I wiped mine down well with brake cleaner (to remove the oil), masked off the rubber accordion boot, then spray painted it with ordinary hardware store semi-gloss black paint. I let it dry overnight and installed it the next day. It looks great.