That is EXACTLY why VW used the rubber discs, to eliminate the cases of
impaling.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of gary hradek
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint

Andrew,
      I think replacing with new coupling would be a
better idea.   Are these no longer available?   I
believe the design is for safety reasons.   It keeps
the steering wheel from hitting your chest in a front
end collision.   gary
Date:    Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:51:44 +1300
From:    Andrew Grebneff
<andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Replacing steering rubber link with universal
joint

Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the
steering column
with a splined universal joint? This would eliminate
the possibility
of losing the steering (so many listees have reported
looking and
discovering their couplings holding by a few strands)
and also reduce
steering play hugely.

I am going to (eventually) look into this.

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