K30 Trail Build, Jeep Cherokee XJ Steering Shaft Upgrade, and More!

This week we modify a Jeep Cherokee XJ steering shaft to upgrade the steering on the 1982 Chevrolet K30 Squarebody trail build. We also throw in some bomus footage of installing the new brake master cylinder, finally! #squarebody #chevrolet #k30 #k20 #k10 #c10 #c20 #c30 #offroad #garagebuilt #shop
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[@buzzlight2nd1]

Boise, Idaho.
1982 Chevrolet C30.
I just purchased a rag joint, but I found the u-joint upgrade info while searching for steering shaft installation videos.
Thanks for posting!

[@PootsGarage]

My people! Love an 82 Chevy

[@dennislord9809]

Watching you from Saint John New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦.

[@sandmaker]

Go to Arizona they said, go to the desert they said, it will be warm they said. They lied! Little by little. Good job on the steering. Now for all the fiddley bits.😁 From Gsinesville, GA.

[@jimmyjohnson4932]

Yucca Valley, CA. Great content love the build. Look forward to more!!

[@MrSupercream21]

Reno, nv. Just stumbled across your videos thinking about doing the steering shaft upgrade for my truck. And wish i would have stumbled across this vid earlier i have the hoses for the bench bleed. Did my old ladies wj master about a year ago.

[@scottbristow6617]

You're giving me tons of ideas for my squarebody.....keep 'em coming man!

[@PootsGarage]

Glad a can help!

[@davidfisher69]

Farmland Indiana

[@earlfreimuth5799]

Vancouver Washington 👍

[@htibi01]

Greetings from Hungary Kőszeg 💪🤘

[@PootsGarage]

Glad to have you here!

[@ShaggNastyGoat]

I’m in the process of lifting my 2nd gen dodge and came across your Chanel looking for videos of a 2nd gen but found a squarebody 😂 me and my 2 boys have watched your videos for a few days lol, tuned in from Blountville TN 🤙🏼

[@PootsGarage]

Cool! I like dodges. Glad to have you around

[@rlfdavin]

I grabbed one off xj grand Cherokee and I guess that's the wrong one lol. The clamp joint that goes to the firewall side is way to small to slide over the stub from steering column... Guess I need one off just xj

[@ec9208]

Peoria, Az

[@jacobking4106]

Just inherited a 1500 suburban that was 1 ton swapped that needs these small changes. Thanks for the videos man.
New sub from East tennessee

[@PootsGarage]

Check out Merricks Garage too, he's got a big boy Suburban too.

[@jacobking4106]

@@PootsGarage awesome man. Thanks for the suggestion. My burb gets looks everywhere. I know yours does.

[@williamsurface6661]

Pendleton oregon

[@Oyespatiloveit]

Watching from Irvine, Commiefornia! Love the channel man, thinking about doing a lot of these things to my K5 Blazer!

[@PootsGarage]

Thanks! Hopefully I can motivate you a little to work on that K5

[@shawnfernandez2005]

Belle chasse Louisiana

[@PootsGarage]

I’m definitely gonna have to look up the pronunciation of that one, lol

[@binks7222]

Watching from Colorado Springs, CO. Been watching your videos since your handle was KevinXJ92!

[@PootsGarage]

Man, you go waaay back! Thanks for everything!

[@lucasbarton7246]

Valley, alabama here!

[@BigSpoon91]

🤙🏻 from Glendale Az via Yakima, Wa

[@Kylebaker32]

Springfield Missouri

[@loydheckenlively9426]

Nashua Montana

[@KentuckyBackyardMechanics]

O'REILLY

[@adamformanack318]

Thats a good first to do an its cheap....😎💯✌

[@VulcansCreator]

Dunn Center, ND

[@codyeric5792]

Townshend, Vermont

[@jahl5130]

Glad you got those breaks done. Vett work should be fun...Enjoy the snow, at least you have flat roads, not hilly ones like Seattle. Where is Willow?

[@PootsGarage]

Willows been hibernating this winter

[@davidhart1919]

Piney Flats Tennessee

[@bobbytaylor6729]

Memphis, Tennessee

[@91vip]

Great content as always looking forward to seeing it driving around , if you want to go a cheaper route on wheels and tires maybe some military 37's on a 16.5 rim like the hummer surplus places have them cheap . Just a thought that's what I have on my 69

[@PootsGarage]

Thanks. Those military tires are a good option

[@Bhartrampf]

Will the Hummer rims fit, or do you need 16.5 Chevy rims?

[@thecraftsman72]

Vian OK

[@justingruenberg3154]

Kenai alaksa

[@tonyvickers8659]

So how is the truck now that you have taken the rag joint out? The rag join was designed to help remove vibrations from the road causing your hands to become fatigue.

[@PootsGarage]

I haven't driven the truck enough yet to tell you how it performs. But I can guarantee that you wouldn't notice fatigue, that was old technology that absolutely no one use uses any more.

[@AZHighlandHomestead]

Howdy from Prescott, AZ.
Can you post a link to that Chinese XJ steering shaft?
Thanks!

[@PootsGarage]

This is the one I used: www.amazon.com/maXpeedingrods-Steering-Cherokee-1984-1994-1986-1992/dp/B08BFVQ93D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LZ7TC5VH23CR&keywords=maXpeedingrods+Lower+Power+Steering+Column+Shaft+for+Jeep+Cherokee+1984-1994+Comanche+1986-1992+4713943+Steering+Shaft&qid=1692390775&s=automotive&sprefix=maxpeedingrods+lower+power+steering+column+shaft+for+jeep+cherokee+1984-1994+comanche+1986-1992+4713943+steering+shaft%2Cautomotive%2C147&sr=1-1

[@AZHighlandHomestead]

@@PootsGarage thanks Pooter! 😀

[@3JuanApache]

Gerardo from Lethbridge Alberta,Canada. What part number shaft did you use?

[@PootsGarage]

It was one off Amazon, I don't remember the exact number

[@user-bp7ug4og2b]

Watching from ridgeway wi. Where did you order your xj steering shaft from?

[@PootsGarage]

I bought off Amazon

[@abccustomz2]

What year xj steering shaft did you get

[@PootsGarage]

@@abccustomz2 84-94 is supposed to be all the same. I probably chose ‘92 because I used to own one.

[@supernova_67]

What tire size you going to run?

[@PootsGarage]

40x13.5

[@DeepSouthDragon87]

You’re scaring me on your steering. Splines and notches are to hold the shaft on the stub and not spin.
Imagine driving and the column falls off or just spins.