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G701LE · 03-17-2016, 11:12 PM

So I installed my Stainless Works LT headers tonight. I had to take apart the steering knuckle. Now it won't give me enough slack to bolt it back up. Any ideas???

G701LE · 03-18-2016, 02:15 PM

I didn't take the knuckle apart. I just unbolted it from the input shaft.

angryv6 · 03-18-2016, 09:05 PM

I used long wrench and a lot of patience.

SS Blinder · 03-18-2016, 09:16 PM

so you slid the top part off the input shaft correct? first, dont move the steering wheel. I also unbolted it and slid the top part off and moved it out of the way to install the headers. when i went to slide the top part back on, i notice the bottom part had rotated ever so slightly, that i could not slide the shaft back on. i grabbed a small crescent wrench, and ever so slightly rotate the input shaft on the rack, until the top part slid back on. be patient though and itll work out

b4wheeler · 03-18-2016, 09:26 PM

I am doing Stainless Power headers this weekend.

I did not take the steering shaft apart and was able to get the old manifold out.

Hoping I don't need to take it apart to get the header in...

SS Blinder · 03-18-2016, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by b4wheeler

I am doing Stainless Power headers this weekend.

I did not take the steering shaft apart and was able to get the old manifold out.

Hoping I don't need to take it apart to get the header in...

the hardest part of taking the manifold out is those damn hard to reach bolts. I did have to undo the coupling though to fit the headers in. (ARH 1 7/8 btw) but it was a one man operation on jackstands.

b4wheeler · 03-18-2016, 09:54 PM

So are we saying I still may have to separate the steering??? Ughhh.

FFPM73 · 03-18-2016, 10:13 PM

Shouldn't have to disconnect anything except for oil dip stick. Factory exhaust manifolds with cats still attached slide out the bottom. Headers are installed through bottom of vehicle. Drivers side takes a little playing around steering shaft but it will go. I've installed about 20 sets, everything from Kooks to AR to SW etc.

b4wheeler · 03-18-2016, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FFPM73

Shouldn't have to disconnect anything except for oil dip stick. Factory exhaust manifolds with cats still attached slide out the bottom. Headers are installed through bottom of vehicle. Drivers side takes a little playing around steering shaft but it will go. I've installed about 20 sets, everything from Kooks to AR to SW etc.

Olddudesrule · 03-18-2016, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FFPM73

Shouldn't have to disconnect anything except for oil dip stick. Factory exhaust manifolds with cats still attached slide out the bottom. Headers are installed through bottom of vehicle. Drivers side takes a little playing around steering shaft but it will go. I've installed about 20 sets, everything from Kooks to AR to SW etc.

Exactly what he said. Install from the bottom. I just installed a set of Kooks while on Race Ramps. Passenger side was an easy slip in, but the drivers side needed an extra 3-4" of lift, but popped right in with a little massaging. I had my son help me from above, but it could be done alone. You got this!! I did end up cutting off the large rubber bellow that was covering the steering u-joint because it just slightly touched one of the header down tubes.

G701LE · 03-19-2016, 01:14 AM

Thanks for the replies. I didn't think I would have to undo the shaft. Everything came out REAL easy. I did go from the bottom to install headers. The problem is the shaft itself is somehow stuck away from the input shaft I unbolted it from. It is lined up, but I can't get the shaft back close enough to slide over the input to bolt back on. I grab it with 2 hands and pull as hard as I can and it only moves maybe an eighth of an inch. It needs to slide up and over about and inch and a half.

03-17-2016, 11:12 PM	#1
G701LE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS L99 IBM silver stipes Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: K.C. Kansas Posts: 1,329 View My Garage	Steering shaft. Can't get back on....... So I installed my Stainless Works LT headers tonight. I had to take apart the steering knuckle. Now it won't give me enough slack to bolt it back up. Any ideas??? __________________ 2010 Imperial Blue w/ Silver stripes 2SS/RS L99 Mods = Not enough....

03-18-2016, 02:15 PM	#2
G701LE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS L99 IBM silver stipes Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: K.C. Kansas Posts: 1,329 View My Garage	I didn't take the knuckle apart. I just unbolted it from the input shaft. __________________ 2010 Imperial Blue w/ Silver stripes 2SS/RS L99 Mods = Not enough....

03-18-2016, 09:05 PM	#3
angryv6 Lake Erie Monster Drives: 02 Hyundai Santa Fe and 13 300 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 917	I used long wrench and a lot of patience. __________________ Everything I say is to be taken as an opinion and not fact so don't get upset over words that spill out of my head. GO CAVS!

03-18-2016, 09:16 PM	#4
SS Blinder Drives: 2011 SS (Sparrow Spearer???) Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: South of OKC, OK Posts: 707 View My Garage	so you slid the top part off the input shaft correct? first, dont move the steering wheel. I also unbolted it and slid the top part off and moved it out of the way to install the headers. when i went to slide the top part back on, i notice the bottom part had rotated ever so slightly, that i could not slide the shaft back on. i grabbed a small crescent wrench, and ever so slightly rotate the input shaft on the rack, until the top part slid back on. be patient though and itll work out __________________ Black magic woman, don't turn your back on me baby!

03-18-2016, 09:26 PM	#5
b4wheeler Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS Vert Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Cordova, Md Posts: 590 View My Garage	I am doing Stainless Power headers this weekend. I did not take the steering shaft apart and was able to get the old manifold out. Hoping I don't need to take it apart to get the header in... __________________ 2011 2SS/RS Convertible, Victory Red, Roto-Fab CAI, Stainless Power 1 7/8 headers, No Cats, Straight piped, Bo White TB, ZL1 CONVERSION, CDC Roll bar and some powder coating and dipping.

03-18-2016, 09:54 PM	#7
b4wheeler Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS Vert Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Cordova, Md Posts: 590 View My Garage	So are we saying I still may have to separate the steering??? Ughhh. __________________ 2011 2SS/RS Convertible, Victory Red, Roto-Fab CAI, Stainless Power 1 7/8 headers, No Cats, Straight piped, Bo White TB, ZL1 CONVERSION, CDC Roll bar and some powder coating and dipping.

03-18-2016, 10:13 PM	#8
FFPM73 Firefighter/Paramedic Drives: RJT 2SS/RS M6 LS-3 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Burlington, KY 41005 Posts: 423	Shouldn't have to disconnect anything except for oil dip stick. Factory exhaust manifolds with cats still attached slide out the bottom. Headers are installed through bottom of vehicle. Drivers side takes a little playing around steering shaft but it will go. I've installed about 20 sets, everything from Kooks to AR to SW etc. __________________ *FFPM73*

03-19-2016, 01:14 AM	#11
G701LE Drives: 2010 2SS/RS L99 IBM silver stipes Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: K.C. Kansas Posts: 1,329 View My Garage	Thanks for the replies. I didn't think I would have to undo the shaft. Everything came out REAL easy. I did go from the bottom to install headers. The problem is the shaft itself is somehow stuck away from the input shaft I unbolted it from. It is lined up, but I can't get the shaft back close enough to slide over the input to bolt back on. I grab it with 2 hands and pull as hard as I can and it only moves maybe an eighth of an inch. It needs to slide up and over about and inch and a half. __________________ 2010 Imperial Blue w/ Silver stripes 2SS/RS L99 Mods = Not enough....