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06-21-2014, 10:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Temple City
Posts: 3,569
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Steering boxes
My power steering box on my truck has a striped shaft 73 model year I guess. So I tried to replace it with my other box off of a 79 4x4.
I found out the hose's ends are different, and I just can not swap it out. If I just try new hose's will I find the mounting to the pump is different too? If I need I new box I rather get one that has a bit more road feel to it such as having it rebuilt by Lee Manufacturing. Does anyone know the rough cost of a rebuild? Also does anyone know of a re-builder closer to Chino hills? |
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06-22-2014, 12:03 AM
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Windy Corner of a Dirty Street
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pueblo West, Colorado
Posts: 2,926
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Re: Steering boxes
It sounds like your ’79 steering gear is really a 1980. 1980 was the first year for metric fittings at the steering gear and pump. I always use Napa steering gears and have had great luck with them. I get them at jobber price which is around $140 after the core. Although, one person’s idea of “road feel” may differ from another. I mean, how much road feel can you really get with rolling on ’35 tires
 . I’ve been happy with the drivability of the Napa gears.
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