205 Hdi

[dieselgeek]

Mine uj was also splined but I changed it to a square drive from a 205.

A 306 square uj should work also.

Unless the rack is in a different place due to the modified subframe.

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What modifications did you do to the back axle?

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Dimma wide kit might be the way to go to cover up those wheels

You used to be able to get a fibreglass replica kit on ebay, unsure if its still made though

All the sections on my 205 steering column were splined, as was the male end on the rack, parts bin stuff I suppose they just fitted what they had at the time.
It does use the 306 square UJ, with the standard spline connection to the column. The end uj is actually only a few mm short of the standard clamping length, the photo foreshortens it slightly making it look worse.

I'll get round to making it oem but its genuinely fine, I'll explain why although I'm sure critics will not like it (or bother reading it):


The amount of force on the steering column is very low due to the power steering. The force is only a few Nm even when hitting hard bumps during cornering.
I've seen plenty of datalogging with this information so I'm not just guessing, forces range from a static 5Nm to 15Nm in absolute extreme circumstances)
Manufacturers have a minimum industry standard strength requirement of around 250Nm maximum, even if I have lost 20% of the absolute strength then it could still potentially take over 200Nm.
The maximum force a driver can put into a steering wheel is around 80Nm, so any force transmitted from the wheels that could damage the steering column would rip the wheel out of the drivers hands well before that force could be achieved and so the force required to break the system could never be achieved during driving (a force needs an equal and opposite force or it can't occur).
This a a basic safety feature thats been designed into cars for a long time, what I've done by having only 80% of the clamping section used does not come close to the tolerances of these safety features.



No mods to the back axle (except its a reconditioned beam built from 2 old ones and some new parts, lowered and fitted with uprated dampers). The active steering mounts were replaced with solid mounts which account for the bolt holes being a few mm out, it uses the standard bolts and 6 nuts inside the car with all the standard holes.


Really don't want a dimma kit, was supposed to look fairly standard, even down to having steel wheels with Pug wheel trims..