Re: 4x4 Illiterate

[n9ads@domain.elided (Howard R Pletcher)]

The rag joint is a "less expensive" form of U-joint in the steering
column next to the steering gear that allows for some movement of the
body and steering column relative to the steering gear and the frame to
which it is attached.  Earlier Scouts had an actual U-joint here.  It's a
piece of fiber/rubber material (from which the name "rag" comes) like a
piece of tire sidewall bolted between two metal plates so that the rubber
can flex as the steering shaft is turned if the two sides are not exactly
aligned.

Howard Pletcher
Howteron Products Scout Parts

On Tue, 04 Aug 1998 09:32:58 PDT "big jerm" <bigjerm24@domain.elided>
writes:
>Thanks guys for your help on my tanny and tranfer case questions, sorry 
>about the missing info on whether i have a manual or auto.  It is an 
>auto with 4x4 shifter in the floor.
>
>Thanks also for the body lift tips, i do have one question about it and 
>i feel kinda stupid, but i am new to the 4x4 world.  What is a rag joint

>and where is it located?
>
>Thanks again
>Jeremy
>bigjerm24@domain.elided
>
>1977 SSII  345 Auto
>
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