[rooster]

I'll try to splaine it better. I took a piece of 1in. dia. round stock 2in. long and turned down the middle of it to 3/4in. dia. leaving 1/8in. on each end still at 1in. dia. Then I sliced it lengthwise and ground it so that the middle piece ended up at .175 and the ends were .300. (thousanths) The cut part will be totally smooth.
Then on the tube going to the first ujoint I milled two 1/8 inch slots .300 deep so the outside of the slots were 2 inches apart.
Then I took the 2inch piece I made and put it inside the tube and the flanges on each end stuck into the slots I milled in the tube.
I made a dummy shaft out of 3/4 brass milled down to .575 to stick in there to hold the piece and welded it to the tube on the outside. I removed the dummy shaft and ground down the outside of the tube so it looks like new on the outside but when you look inside it has a "D" shaped hole in it. Then I milled the shaft coming from the steering wheel down to .575 about 2 1/2 inches from the end and it fits right in there. I just had to orient the strait up position of the steering wheel to the rack being in the middle of it's travel. It worked out perfect and I think it's as strong as it can be. Hope this paints a clearer picture for you guys. I'm kinda proud of my invention and don't mind sharing it with you but I don't really know how to write things to well.
Let me know if you understand this explanation.
Russ