Help identify steering shaft

carnut222

Hi all...looking to help somebody identify this steering shaft. They think it's Volvo. Doesn't look like 240 or 164. Ideas?

jamesinc

It looks a bit like the one from a manual rack 240

carnut222

jamesinc
It looks a bit like the one from a manual rack 240

Thanks James. You may be correct...Did the early manual rack 240s have a rubber disk coupling at the top, or 2 uni joints (one top and one bottom). My later 240s including an 81 with manual steering had a uni at top and bottom. I'd have a look at my 77 245L but I just heaped a bunch of stuff onto the bonnet and I couldn't be bothered moving it all!

carnut222

Found this thread...looks like it's early 240...

https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/4819/volvo-240-steering-shaft

jamesinc

It has u-joints as well as this other joint

carnut222

Thanks @jamesinc I think the guy who sent me the pic may have modified the top end so it just has a splined T-joint attached to the rubber coupler thing, so I believe that explains it. My 79 had the rubber inner mould shaft, so I'm guessing this solid style shaft was pre-79...