As with any vehicle with 240k miles on it, my steering was getting rather sloppy. I've tightened up my steering box with minimal change. Based on the reviews of other members, I decided to invest $322 in my truck and change my steering shaft and rag joint with a borgeson steering shaft. Other members have praised it's performance and how much better the truck felt.

Before I started work, I taped an inclinometer on my steering wheel, and placed a 1 lb can of safety wire on one side of the steering wheel. The steering wheel deflected 2.1°. it took me about 50 minutes to replace the shaft. While inspecting the OEM shaft, I noticed there was slop between the two shafts that form the slip joint. The rag joint and the u-joint we're both in good shape.
The OEM steering shaft uses clamp-up style couplers on the steering box splines and on the u-joint. This is a very good way of eliminating slop and wear between parts.
The borgeson steering shaft uses set-screws with lock nuts. I see this as a rather amateurish way of reducing slop between parts, and it's rarely seen on vehicles except for electrical-switches and other light duty component, never on something as critical as steering components.

After getting the borgeson shaft installed, I repeated the same test with the same 1 lb can of safety wire. I got exactly the same results. No decrease in steering wheel travel between the 240k mile OEM shaft vs the borgeson shaft. I'm disappointed but I was considering leaving it in and accepting it, however since it is a downgrade in terms of couplers vs the OEM shaft, I'm gunna return the borgeson shaft and purchase a new OEM style shaft with a new rag joint and install it.

 

I think you should call them and tell them of the "slop" in the shafts, and I didn't notice any in mine. . Hopefully they can replace it or tell you what is going on about your concerns. I did read in my instructions that loctite was OK on the set screw nuts. I didn't use it but I checked the nuts after the break in period of 100 miles and they were all tight. Hope you get it worked out.

 

I did mine and the clamp would not lock on the steering box

i took a zizwheel to make it wider

Not positive on the make, been a few years since i bought it

 

Appreciate the review. Aftermarket stuff can be a mixed bag. They'll call something a "feature" that's actually a cut corner. I run into it in the powersports world. Stuff designed by people that don't have durability issues, but their use cases are Sunday drives.. My steering shaft is original, 348k miles, tiny bit of slop in the slip joint. Redhead box & a few refreshes on the tie rods has kept me happy, but wondering if I was missing out on the Borgeson.

 

@Prototypemech did you resolve your issue with the shaft? I am planning to replace mine since it is worn. I am considering the borgeson but was curious how your experience was resolved.