AC Delco vs. redhead steering box

[firecap62]

Looking to get a new steering box for the 77 k10. Talked to redhead steering, about 275 for the box. AC Delco price at summit racing is about half that. Anyone have any experience with either one of these? Thanks

[tgdoumit]

i have one on my TJ. it feels different but works well. one of redhead's things is to put the sector shaft on a lathe, match parts and have a extra set of bearings on the sector shaft.

that being said, mine failed after a little bit. a seal was bad probably from assembly and i didn't notice. almost a year later it really let loose and redhead replaced my steering box quickly. this new one which is a year old now is fine.

i have two close friends running one or more of their steering gears with no complaints.


hope this helps, yup, id buy another.
tim

[tucsonjwt]

I have not used either. I normally go for AC Delco whenever possible, but I had an Autozone steering box (probably Cardone) installed about 40,000 miles ago when I bought my 83 C20 about 15 years ago. I have had no problems with it. Short of rack and pinion steering, I don't think you will get a big difference with any stock steering box.

At the time, I think the core deposit on the old box was about $90 and the new rebuilt box only cost about $110. Prices have changed now, but different vendors will allow different amounts for the steering box core, so I would check that out.