steering box on 71 4x4 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

rtracin · 11-12-2009, 09:16 AM

will the steering box from a 75 4x4 fit on a 71 4x4?
are there any other changes that need made ?

JimKshortstep4x4 · 11-12-2009, 08:43 PM

Welcome to the 67-72 Chevy Truck Board from West Michigan!

The 75 will bolt up with no mods. I believe that it was not until 79 that they changed the fittings.

Jim

wildwilly4x4 · 11-12-2009, 09:52 PM

I used the one off an '86 just so I could have the new fittings. Bolt patterns are the same.

rtracin · 11-13-2009, 09:20 AM

thanks that helps!

Burt4x4 · 11-13-2009, 11:25 AM

Hmmm, I thought the "spline" count on the male end of the steering box changed in 73?
I could be confussed

that has been happening alot lately...

Mudder · 11-13-2009, 11:51 AM

I have also seen different splines for that shaft.

wildwilly4x4 · 11-13-2009, 01:27 PM

Just use the ends that go to the steering box you are gonna use.

11-12-2009, 09:16 AM	#1
rtracin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: horner wv Posts: 2	steering box on 71 4x4 will the steering box from a 75 4x4 fit on a 71 4x4? are there any other changes that need made ?

11-12-2009, 08:43 PM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 Welcome to the 67-72 Chevy Truck Board from West Michigan! The 75 will bolt up with no mods. I believe that it was not until 79 that they changed the fittings. Jim __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

11-12-2009, 09:52 PM	#3
wildwilly4x4 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sunray,TX Posts: 251	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 I used the one off an '86 just so I could have the new fittings. Bolt patterns are the same.

11-13-2009, 09:20 AM	#4
rtracin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: horner wv Posts: 2	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 thanks that helps!

11-13-2009, 11:25 AM	#5
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 Hmmm, I thought the "spline" count on the male end of the steering box changed in 73? I could be confussed that has been happening alot lately... __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

11-13-2009, 11:51 AM	#6
Mudder Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: East Central, MO Posts: 11,336	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 I have also seen different splines for that shaft.

11-13-2009, 01:27 PM	#7
wildwilly4x4 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sunray,TX Posts: 251	Re: steering box on 71 4x4 Just use the ends that go to the steering box you are gonna use.



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