Thread: Steering gear Q

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Your steering box should look like the one below........kind of a strange duck. There are a bunch of them on Ebay, like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...item5197861db4

Not trying to spend your money, but if it were me I would bite the bullet and spring for the money to just buy a new or rebuilt proper steering box and be done with it. My logic is that steering is one of the two things you can't take chances with (brakes being the other ) and it is so much easier to just buy the proper part, install it, rather than trying to modify something else to work. Your time is worth money too.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Your steering box should look like the one below........kind of a strange duck. There are a bunch of them on Ebay, like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1966-...item5197861db4

Not trying to spend your money, but if it were me I would bite the bullet and spring for the money to just buy a new or rebuilt proper steering box and be done with it. My logic is that steering is one of the two things you can't take chances with (brakes being the other ) and it is so much easier to just buy the proper part, install it, rather than trying to modify something else to work. Your time is worth money too.

Don

Actually no, the pitman arm part is on the wrong side.

I agree, steering is not something to cheap out on. However, at this time the PO has welded a different bracket system in to mount the box (as well as a different steering column and this and that and ugh, it is a $1000+ job to put it back stock), and I don't have the skills to unmodify it at this point. I have carfully inspected and tested the setup, and it works flawlessly, so I am stuck with it at this point.
I'll attach some pics in a few min

No... I don't think that is it. Here is a pic.

I agree that steering is not a place to cheap out, but somone did a very good job installing this system. I have inspected and tested this offroad... extensivly and it has done exellent.

I might be wrong about the pitman arm being the opposite way, I have only dinked with steering on old f-series.

Need a bigger picture.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Need a bigger picture.

Don

Ha ha, here ya go.