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steering box noises???
- Thread starter moneypit
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Heath-La. 89GMC
1/2 ton status
Are you sure its the steering box and not the frame under the box? My box started making screeching and popping noises and I looked and the box while somebody turned the wheel with the engine off. The whole box stared moving and the frame was busted. Ive heard of a lot of trucks doing that. Oh well, just a suggestion.
Smitty
1/2 ton status
I've run into a few of the Chevy frames that are cracked around the steering gearbox. There are a couple of companies that sell reinforcement kits for $50-$60. A good investment for the extra safety factor.
Blazer79
1/2 ton status
The best "reinforcement kit" I could find was from http://www.offroaddesign.com I just installed mine and had no problems with it. Ask The Boss about his installation.
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stephan van leir
1/2 ton status
Your steering gear box is the strongest gear driven part on your truck! Hands down! They are powerful enough to break spring center pins, pretzel tie rods, crack hardened frames, and if your wheels are locked tightly in boulders, break sector shafts that make you axel shafts look small (yes, I learned the hard way).They will wear, but they will not break internaly. The sector shaft is the main weekness with the box. I`d bet that you have a frame, not a box problem.
Heath-La. 89GMC
1/2 ton status
I welded mine up after it busted. It cracked again a cuople of months later. The bolts that hold the sector on there were getting loose. I found that if I kept those bolts tight, especially the ones toward the front, It stayed ok. But, just be sure to keep em tight.
