Patent ID: 8770602

Claim:
A vehicle steering linkage comprising: a first member having a threaded first end and a second end; a second member having a threaded first end and a second end; and only a one piece third member is utilized for operatively coupling together the first member and the second member together at the first ends thereof, wherein the third member couples together the first ends in a predetermined orientation relative to one another to thereby position the second ends in a predetermined orientation relative to one another; wherein the threaded first ends of the first and second members each has a radially extending slot formed through at least a portion of the threads of the threaded first end thereof, each of the slots terminating in a closed inner end surface; wherein the third member is a non-yielding member separate and distinct from the first and second members and has a first end and an opposite second end; wherein the first end of the third member is fully inserted into one of the slots of the first and second members in contact with the closed inner end surface of the one of the slots and is secured therein in a fixed manner therein with no gap between the first end of the third member and the closed inner end surface of the one of the slots of the first and second members; and wherein the second end of the third member is disposed in a slip-fit manner in the other one of the slots of the first and second members and with the second end of the third member spaced apart from contact with the closed inner end surface of the other one of the first and second slots of the first and second members by a predetermined clearance distance to allow for adjustability of the first and second members.