quote:Originally posted by HockeyDude:
You're going to have it cut it down, and even then I'm not sure if you'll get it to fit in the column/dash area. I tried that first and the housing just stuck down so far I wasn't happy with it. Looked like a knee basher to me. Be careful with that stamped steel column support too, you can watch it move ~1/16" of an inch just cycling the wheels with no load, if you cut it please beef it back up.
You will most likely need to cut the shafts, that thing is huge with the stock shafts, and the orientation of the column shaft is right into the clutch pedal.
Sleeve the cut shafts with .750 OD .049" wall SS tube, and install 3/4 smooth bore U-joints on them with whatever connections you need on the opposite ends. Pin with .250" dowels/shoulder bolts and weld in for comfort if necessary. Dont use .125" dowels, they snapped on me just cycling the system (I tried them first due to the small shaft size and the OE .125" pin in the system).
How are you hooking up the equinox VSS? Its a reluctor ring with a hall effect sensor right?
Yes, the column you can see move now.
EZ did it on the column and it looks like they just machined the housing down? They relocated the "brain" on a fabricated steel bracket up tight and parallel to the column.
The existing "pivot" on the ps unit looks like it probably will be useless. There are three machined stud holes in the face and that is probably where this bracket will connect it to the dash.
The VSS is a Motorcraft unit. Just splices in between the ZF and the speedo cable.
Shortening the shaft is simple enough.
It is going under the dash or it is not going. Simple enough. When I pull the column out and see how this unit fits or doesn't fit, that will be the go or no go.
I would think a nice grade 8 bolt would be sufficient to pin the coupler?
It all looks very doable but the Devil is in the details. "We" shall see.
If it doesn't work out, no big deal. Wifey always knows where I am. Either in the shop or the garage. She doesn't have to call around to the bars to find me.
