I had to replace the steering box in my 1973 K5. I picked one up from O'Rieleys. Everything fits and I'm just finishing up getting all the bolts torqued down. I notice when I was getting the steering shaft back on the input shaft that something was different. The new steering box does not look like the one I pulled out. The new one has bare metal with 4 bolt holes, the old one had a polygon shaped plate on it. I'll attach pictures.
Did I miss something? Was I supposed to pull that plate off before I swapped the core? Is it just a different model? The last thing I want to do is start it up and have steering fluid all over my garage.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Did I miss something? Was I supposed to pull that plate off before I swapped the core? Is it just a different model? The last thing I want to do is start it up and have steering fluid all over my garage.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
