Recognise this upper steering UJ?

[TimboNZ]

Anyone seen one of these before? Pretty sure not Cortina or SD1.

[Wedg1e]

The right-hand part looks like the usual wedge unit, the left-hand bit doesn't.

[db800]

That unit is the same as the one used on the S models the end next to the bulkhead is a triangle drive not a spline(think its a sierra steering shaft)

[grahamw48]

It does look like a Sierra UJ rather than Cortina.

The (complete) Cortina shaft has a square rubber UJ at the rack end, whereas the Sierra has a round one.

[JR]

grahamw48 said:

It does look like a Sierra UJ rather than Cortina.

The (complete) Cortina shaft has a square rubber UJ at the rack end, whereas the Sierra has a round one.

Since it's a Sierra steering column on a 400 it's not that surprising.

[Barkychoc]

I'm on my phone but go to the S series forum and look at useful links at the top of the forum - there's a link in there to rally design UJ's.

That doesn't look like its fitted correctly - certainly on an S it isn't so close to the bulkhead and more worryingly doesn't have all that spline hanging out the end of the UJ

[TimboNZ]

Yep, got it barky! Sierra column coupled to an Escort spline!

[JR]

TimboNZ said:

Yep, got it barky! Sierra column coupled to an Escort spline!

Yes, in that the link shows a Sierra column and an Escort spline but that's not what you've got! Study the photos (yours and theirs) carefully. IIRC the spline is TR7 on all wedges, albeit a few varieties.

[Wedg1e]

There's an MG UJ that looks identical but the shafts are larger diameter (an issue noted by Steve Evans I think some years back when he was still creating his Coswedge)... I grabbed one from Ebay for pennies just so I could rob the cruciform off it next time I need one