Just curious, I've been around here a while, not sure I've ever seen it spoken about.
I'm making a few suspension changes and soon I will need an alignment, so I want to get in all work and parts in before hand, obviously.
The MM shaft is like $211. Not that I think that number is out of line, i'm just curious to why a solid machined spacer isn't as good.
I know they say they use needle bearing u joints for smoothness, but I use a 12:1 agr road race rack and i'd bet the majority of you guys here would think my steering shaft wasn't even connected to anything, yes it's that light and extremely smooth with the stock shaft in place.
By no means am I knocking MM or their pricing, I love their parts, i'd really just like to know why I can't buy a replacement rag joint (which I think do exist), take it to a machine shop friend I have and just have him make me a spacer out of steel or aluminum.
Has it been tried or am I missing something obvious?
Is there another flaw in the stock shaft that's a big deal?
I'm making a few suspension changes and soon I will need an alignment, so I want to get in all work and parts in before hand, obviously.
The MM shaft is like $211. Not that I think that number is out of line, i'm just curious to why a solid machined spacer isn't as good.
I know they say they use needle bearing u joints for smoothness, but I use a 12:1 agr road race rack and i'd bet the majority of you guys here would think my steering shaft wasn't even connected to anything, yes it's that light and extremely smooth with the stock shaft in place.
By no means am I knocking MM or their pricing, I love their parts, i'd really just like to know why I can't buy a replacement rag joint (which I think do exist), take it to a machine shop friend I have and just have him make me a spacer out of steel or aluminum.
Has it been tried or am I missing something obvious?
Is there another flaw in the stock shaft that's a big deal?