Need help with a steering box/column part
 

Hi folks! It's been a while since I posted last. A job change has taken me away from my project. Anyway, I bought a new steering box for my truck some time ago, and turned my old one in as a core. The problem is, I didn't realize the new box wasn't going to have the coupling half that slips over the splined input shaft on the box, where the rag joint goes. So now I have a nice new steering box on my truck, but no way to reconnect the steering column. Stupid me. So I looked at some part store sites, and they don't sell them. So I'm looking for one of these flanges or couplers, whatever the right name might be. I need to get the truck moved from my garage in Arkansas to my next garage in Philly. I'm in Philly right now working, and getting to a junkyard is not in the cards. I'd like to see if I can buy, borrow, beg, or steal one of these things online and have it for August 27th when I can be there to install it and get it loaded on a car hauler. So if anybody on here has any ideas or has one I could have/use/buy, let me know! Okay? Thanks!

Re: Need help with a steering box/column part
 

If you want to drive about an hour and 15 minutes, there is a junkyard in Honey Brook that I frequent that definitely has that part. The bad thing is they're only open on Saturdays.

Re: Need help with a steering box/column part
 

I think Dorman part 31011 will fit, more or less..I had to make the holes on one part a little bigger to fit my situation, but any auto zone or kragen should have this thing...I think the black part is what you are looking for.Its about 50-60 bucks.

Re: Need help with a steering box/column part
 

Okay, thanks for the tips. But I either gotta find a used or new OE part somebody might have online somehow, or I just gotta drag the truck around without steering. I am a bit fussy when it comes to steering. I wish I wasnt also really stupid and took the flange off the core. I also wish I could just do the junkyard thing, but I have no tools with me, and very little time. Thanks anyway, though.

Re: Need help with a steering box/column part
 

You know, on second thought, this may just work. I ordered one, and I'ma give it a try! Thanks again!