Technical 1940 Ford steering box info .

Working on a project and want to take the steering column of the steering box .
It is a 40 Ford steering box/column .
Somebody have some info about how to take the column off and then have a u-joint between the steering box and steering column .
So i will use the same column in the car .


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I just cut my shaft, left 4” on the box and machined it for 3/4” DD.

 

Is the shaft in one piece all the way to the steering wheel ?
Do i only loosen the clamp close to the box and take the tube of ?

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One piece wheel to box. Is this from a car and if so are you keeping the column shifter?
-Dave

 

There is no shifter on the column .
But maybe it has been removed earlier .

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Probably from a truck with a floor shifted box.
-Dave

 

pics of what you have in the way of the steering column might help - and intentions with shifting - floor or column

 

The worm gear is pressed onto the shaft inside the steering box.

 

The shaft has a hole in it. Originally for the horn rod or wiring. If you cut it down there's not enough meat to machine for a double D without possibility of collapse.

 

Hi, I did this on my 47 pickup column,just tapped tube & threaded a bolt into it, then ground down to fit double d joint.

 

Sure but the hole is a convenient place to run the horn wire.
-Dave