2WD Steering Box Question

[reddog64]

Mounted my new/rebuilt 2wd steering box, and hooked up my crossover last weekend...

Apparently i need a bolt to hold the steering arm on the steering box???

Anyone got a size of that bolt...

 

[boz42]

All 2WD boxes I have seen use a nut to retain the steering arm. The 4wd uses a bolt.

Does your need a bolt?

 

[AZ79K5Project]

This is the 2WD box:

 

[reddog64]

This is the 2WD box:

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Yup.. the nut on the bottom of your steering arm on the box...
I need that one... that holds the arm from fallin goff the splines...

And it doesnt need a cotter pin.... good cause there's no hole drilled for it...

 

[dremu]

Ah, "nut" is not the same word as "bolt."

They're a stupid size and pitch -- search for "2wd steering box nut" -- and you'll either hafta get it from a junkyard, the dealer, or maybe McMaster or Grainger or the like. You won't find it at a hardware store anyway.

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[gmc4cw]

do what I did. go the junkyard and take one off a truck. thats the quickest and cheapest way.

 

[reddog64]

do what I did. go the junkyard and take one off a truck. thats the quickest and cheapest way.

problem being no one has any 2wd boxes around here.. hence i had to buy a new one...


Yeah.. i guess there is a bit of a difference between a nut and bot huh...