Reply to "OEM key shape and Ignition Switch"

Dick,
re your maintenance points...slightly off topic...

1) Grease is good! For some reason I thought there was a grease zerk on that upper ball joint on mine....no reason to remove it, unless of course you are greasing the two nylon inner bushings to get rid of squeaking!

2) I don't know how you would reverse the shifter linkage. The heim joint on the rear portion of the shaft that acts as the support, is captive and cannot be removed. Also, I believe that there are two different lengths of the shafts on most cars. I thought I did see shift shafts that had two supports....but I didn't think that this was very common.

3) How would you reverse the steering shaft? Splined at the top and flanged at the bottom...would be a feat of engineering to do so... unless of course you are suggesting that any intermediateshaft is separated at the u-joints and turned 180 then u-joints reinstalled????

I think it would be easier to suggest to all that they actually grease their shifter u-joints AND the steering shaft u-joints!

Ciao!
Steve