Anyone put a tubular k member in their car?

Stock steering shafts, along with virtually all aftermarket shafts are telescoping.

 

There is a thread right now over on corral where a guy got a Team-Z kit and he is having trouble lining his steering rack up because they off set the rack mounts to the passenger side. From the sounds of it, I would stay away from them. I cannot say anything about other peoples k-member but I have a UPR k, and it would have fit all the stock components. When I installed mine though, I had issues getting my bolts to mount flush because they were hitting welds. UPR quickly fixed that by sending me a different set of bolts but it was a hassle none the less. I will not condone, nor condemn the use of a UPR k, but I will say all the stock stuff fits (accept bolts of course) and their customer service has done right by me.

 

Wait the UPR K requires special bolts to mount?

 

Call Team Z and get the story straight from them, most of the guys there are running what they sell on their personal cars.

 

I cant say that it requires them because a lot of guys get away with putting their stock bolts in place however, that was not the case for me. I have pictures of how the bolts hit, I think they are up in my build thread.

 

Alright, I'll give it a look through. Lucky for me we have a family owned supply store that sells a huge assortment of nuts bolts and washers so I can always make something work.

 

Yeah that's pretty much what they sent me, just some grade 10 bolts with nuts.

 

Lol its so hard to make decisions on brands these days as everyone somewhere has heard a bad thing about something. I've heard both good and bad from UPR but the same goes for alot of the others. Idk we shall see.

 

I cant really say for sure but, read this thread over.
http://forums.corral.net/forums/gt-sohc/1965306-team-z-k-member-mm-solid-steering-shaft.html

 

UPR here on both of my cars and contrary to popular belief of the bench racers all over the internet, I haven't had any welds break or any of that bs that people on the internet keep talking about. All I know is that every "real world" local mustang I know of is running UPR stuff and hasn't had a single problem.

 

Like I said, I have UPR on my 98 and I wasn't pleased with how it fit. That's mostly because the bolts hit the welds on the k. So UPR sent me a bolt kit, I had to pry it forward but I eventually got it lined up right. I do not foresee any structural issues with it though. If you don't mind putting in a little extra effort and going in with an open mind, then by all means , get the UPR k-member.

 

I have an MM in my 98 and a Granatelli in my Dad's 91. Both use a stock steering shaft. I will be upgrading the one in my 98 though.

 

I don't think a K is where you can really plan on saving a few bucks. I have been wanting to do mine for a while and had my eyes open but they don't seem to go on sale that often.

 

Go on and buy some shorter rack bolts when you order a k-member, your factory ones will be too long

 

unless you get an MM lol