different ratio steering box direct bolt on?

[no_rice]

im adding power steering to my 70 gmc, and i got my pulley alignment problem taken care of. i got everything on and functioning the other night.

main problem, is that the gearbox is leaking around the input shaft. so i had another box laying there and threw that one on. it also is leaking in the same spot.

i took the previously removed one apart just enough, with the intention of replacing the seals on the input. having never done it before i didnt until now, realize that i needed to know the original location of the adjuster plug for the preload on the bearings behind it...



anyway to set that correctly if i put it back together...? havent decided if ill reseal this one or the one currently on the truck. this one was VERY light steering. one finger lock to lock at a stop. the one currently on the truck is not as soft. still easy, but atleast there is a little feel associated with it...

which brings me to the question about different ratio ones. since i need to tear stuff apart again, and im really trying to have the truck on the road by friday morning(not leaking...!) is there a box that will bolt up and connect to the hoses which takes less turns to go from lock to lock? currently it seems to be about 4 full turns from lock to lock. i see the stock rebuilt ones are around $125 or so, so if i could find one off of another model with that different ratio i may do that, and just be done with it.