1967 f250 camper special

[herzberg]

hey fordman im working on getting the rag joint off my truck,
what is the steering flange that you say to remove the two nuts from?
thanks greg

[fordman]

the two nuts that hold the rubber to the column flange.

[herzberg]

i got those off but can only move the steering column about a half of inch to a inch up, its held up somewhere cuz i can hear it hitting but cant find out where,
ive got the nuts off and the bolt out, the steering column loose under the dash but when i pull something is hitting the fiire wall, any ideas

[herzberg]

ok, its the gear selector arm that is not letting the column come up far enough,
on the rag itself, i took two nuts and bolts out that hold it to the steering rod,
there are two other big lug things that appear not to be removable on the rag itself, do they come off somehow?
im trying to do it ang im giving her heck but cant get it off.....

[fordman]

no the big lugs dont come off. i had my wife hold the column out away from me when i replaced the one on my 67. what i also did was to pry and compress the rag joint up to the column. to get it off. but mine was also torn and weak. so it was easy to make it come off the steering box. i have my 67 today and i may be making a power steering box swap and column swap in the next few days. so i am going to be doing this work again probably this week or week end. one other thing you can try is to loosen the lower bearing retainer. to let the inner shaft slide up into the column. that will give more room too.

[herzberg]

is the lower bearing retainer the mount up against the firewall ,on the engine side, just above the steering flange?
thanks for the input, ill try agin in the morning.

[Whateverman]

you have the pinch bolt (12 pt - i think its 1/2 " maybe 7/16 or smaller ) out on the ragjoint -true?
if so and the ragjoint won't move pry that sucker apart abit ,shoot it with some penetrating oil and give it a couple of raps with a persuasion device
there's a bracket sitting over the column that bolts to the firewall with a band around it - remove it (and the band)- that'll give you more room to pull the column up
you should be able to pull the column up and use the bolts going to the dash to hold it up -which should (unless your cabmounts have sunk) give you just barely enough room to get the ragjoint out of there and replace it

[fordman]

yes i forgot about the firewall plate. remove that first. the lower bearing retainer is on the inner shaft above the rag joint flange.

[herzberg]

Ok , yes the bolt is out, it came right off the spline on the steering box no prob,
Just can't get it far enough to get it all the way out,
I'm heading out to work on it now,
Thanks for all the advice, I'll keep you updated,,

[herzberg]

ok its off and theres nothing left of it,
none that i see look like mine, need to find a rag joint for 1967 f250
thanks for all the help,
Fordman I sent you a pic of whats left of mine,

[fordman]

i got it and replied. good thing you replaced it before it went to heck.