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power steering gear box question

If the seal is the reason for the leak, that would fix it.

If it's leaking because internals of the box are letting things move around, replacing seals won't do anything.
 
thats the part i dont know. i dont think its bad on the inside. there isnt alot of play it the shaft input or output. but ill have to take the joint off to be sure
 
For what it's worth it bought a reman steering box office rock auto for 50 bucks without a core. It was overstock...easier then doing a rebuild!
 
Phil513 said:
hmmmm. I'm thinking about getting a 2wd box for future crossover.
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Thats what I did. I've literally beat the pics put of it and the box still works great. Just make sure you find one from similar year to your truck. I can't remember the years but at some point they went from flare fitting to o ring for the steering lines. My 85 box is o ring.
 
wetoolowdingbangow said:
Thats what I did. I've literally beat the pics put of it and the box still works great. Just make sure you find one from similar year to your truck. I can't remember the years but at some point they went from flare fitting to o ring for the steering lines. My 85 box is o ring.
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Mines an 88, pretty sure it is o-ring as well.
 
Yep newer has o ring. Not sure what year they went metric
 
81 up pretty sure o ring metric.
Flair before that.
Number of different ratios also.

Mine was leaking from the front round cover, swapped it out with a cardone reman from Orielly. Just fine.
Considerably cheaper than Napa and the same cadone unit.
 
Kain said:
why put a 2wd box on it?wonder why this is done whats advantages of it?
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It's necessary if you want to go with crossover steering. The push-pull box rotates opposite of a 2wd box.
 
Is that a better steering set up for when you swap axles like a dana 60 front?
 
Kain said:
Is that a better steering set up for when you swap axles like a dana 60 front?
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It's just better steering geometry in general, I'm going that way on my 10 bolt. With the push pull stock design, it works OK if you aren't flexing out much (mostly street driving). But it has a really short little drag link. If you start flexing it out off road, that little drag link can use up a lot of steering just going up and down. Crossover basically moves with the axle, keeping steering geometry much more, uh, normal, for lack of a better word.

I dunno if I described that very well.
 
ya i get it but i think in the future im going to go dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear.too much horse power for the dana 44 and 12 bolt rear that i have now.trying to learn as much as possible.
 
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Kain said:
ya i get it but i think in the future im going to go dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear.too much horse power for the dana 44 and 12 bolt rear that i have know.trying to learn as much as possible.
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Crossover is a good mod. At least I hope so, I'm spending money on it. lol. I have gone through some pretty good ruts already, and my steering was probably 3/4 of the way to full lock while still going straight.
 
i am going to look into the threads about it and do some reasurch thanks phil513
 
Phil513 said:
It's necessary if you want to go with crossover steering. The push-pull box rotates opposite of a 2wd box.
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I have been thinking about this. Bear with me here...

Some guys (like myself) really want to kick that front axle forward as far as possible. Using the 2WD box and off the shelf crossover, there is only so far the axle can go forward until the likelyhood of interference comes into play, I wonder if anyone has tried to retain the 4wd steering box, but use a pitman arm that would stick out in front of the box instead of behind (as the 2WD setup does), in turn moving the entire crossover draglink forward as well, giving extra clearance and not forcing a full hydraulic steering setup?
 
Justin V said:
I have been thinking about this. Bear with me here...

Some guys (like myself) really want to kick that front axle forward as far as possible. Using the 2WD box and off the shelf crossover, there is only so far the axle can go forward until the likelyhood of interference comes into play, I wonder if anyone has tried to retain the 4wd steering box, but use a pitman arm that would stick out in front of the box instead of behind (as the 2WD setup does), in turn moving the entire crossover draglink forward as well, giving extra clearance and not forcing a full hydraulic steering setup?
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Well, the 4wd box certainly rotates correctly for that application. But would require more engineering than I'm capable of. hahaha.
 
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