NY need manual steering box

[bigrigpardo]

hey does anyone have a nice no slop manual box out there. the slop in mine is too much and kinda dangerous. i need one quick as it will be a christmas gift for my brother

[69lemans]

I have one,it was on my truck till I converted to power stg. $20 plus shipping and it will probably fit in a USPS flat rate box

[jlaird]

I have one too. Here is a picture. $45 shipped.

[bigrigpardo]

i need one with no slop at all. i have two but they have some play i am looking for a perfect one. and if i am not mistaken 4wd boxes are different from 2wd, but corredt me if i am wrong

[jlaird]

when I get home from work, I will check, but I'm almost positive I have no slop at all, otherwise, it wouldn't be on my truck. I'm pretty anal!

Josh

[msgross]

do you need 2WD or 4WD?

[bigrigpardo]

4wd. am i right? i think the 2wd and 4wd are different

[msgross]

I have a 4WD, Do you need the drag link on it? Mine was from a 68 so it was on a flat frame...

4WD goes front to back and 2WD goes side to side...

[msgross]

i'll get a better pic...

[bigrigpardo]

thats it. does it have any slop in it cause i needone thats like perfect cause i really only want to do this once. and i dont need the drag like but the pitman arm would be nice so i dont have to transfer mine

[msgross]

i'm pretty sure it's tight, how's $20 + shipping?

not to kill a sale but have you thought about powersteering? what year is your truck? I want to make sure it will bolt up to your frame. Send a pic of yours and we can compare.

[bigrigpardo]

i have a 1970 jimmy 4wd 307 4spd. i want to go power steering. do u have a complete set up. cause i would be interested

[msgross]

I don't, I found that it takes awhile to build the parts list unless you shell out $$$ for everything at once.

I'll snap a pic and post it tonight. Is your frame area behind the box flat or dimpled?

[augy49]

Don't know if it's relevant but here is my 2 cents on these boxes. Most boxes mount to the inside of the frame. It is only the couple of years in the '67 - '72 range of pickups that these mount to the ouside of the frame. The 2 wheel drive models retain the pitman arm in the conventional spline and nut manner. The 4 wheel drive models, pitman arm is split and mounts to the steering shaft by clamping to it, much like a rag joint, where the bolt goes through a dimple in the shaft. Also, the 4 wheel drive arm is quite massive and has a 'dog-leg' bend, I believe, at the tapered hole end. When I was looking for mine, I found this ifo very interesting. Buy the way, I have one of each available If I convert mine back to a manual box.

[huero]

Originally Posted by jlaird

I have one too. Here is a picture. $45 shipped.

Jlaird, I'll take it if he passes.

[Captainfab]

All pickups, Suburbans and Blazers, both 2wd and 4wd from 1960 thru 1987 have the steering boxes mounted on the outside of the frame. In 1988 GM switched them to the inside of the frame since the frames are wider.

The 2wd and 4wd power boxes are identicle in appearance but the sector shafts are different between the two as well as the pitman arms differ. The 2wd sector shaft has 4 keyed positions, whereas the 4wd has only one, plus the notch for the pitman arm clamping bolt. So even though a 4wd box will bolt up in place of a 2wd box, the pitman arms won't interchange

Originally Posted by augy49

Don't know if it's relevant but here is my 2 cents on these boxes. Most boxes mount to the inside of the frame. It is only the couple of years in the '67 - '72 range of pickups that these mount to the ouside of the frame. The 2 wheel drive models retain the pitman arm in the conventional spline and nut manner. The 4 wheel drive models, pitman arm is split and mounts to the steering shaft by clamping to it, much like a rag joint, where the bolt goes through a dimple in the shaft. Also, the 4 wheel drive arm is quite massive and has a 'dog-leg' bend, I believe, at the tapered hole end. When I was looking for mine, I found this ifo very interesting. Buy the way, I have one of each available If I convert mine back to a manual box.

[jerry moss]

i have a nice tight steering box off a 73 4x4 that had very low miles on it--it was my dads truck and i converted it to power steering many years ago. it will bolt up perfectly on your 70. $45.00 shipped.