Ok, so i am about to embark on rebuilding a steering gear box and i need to install a 2WD sector shaft for my crossover steering and i need to know does the 2WD shaft have to be from a truck or is a car sector shaft the same?
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Steering box
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Muddytazz
1 ton status
I'm not positive on this, but I think I remember reading somewhere that a car is slightly different.
Post up if you find a source for new ones. I've been trying with the help of MRK5 to get new but it looks like it's got to be used.
just a simple question but why go threw all the hassle of shaft swap when you can just remove the bolts and hoses and swap the complet box? and all of this after you found the box.
BigCountryx
1/2 ton status
sweetk30 said:
What Hassle
I guarantee that swaping sector shafts out is quicker and easier to do. Pull pitman, unbolt top cap, remove, replace in same manner, done. No hoses, no rag jont to deal with, and you know the condition of your box vs. not knowing the condition of the JY box. I pulled the one from the JY with the box still on the frame and stuck it in mine w/o removing it either.
Ok, so now back to the original question. What does the 2WD shaft need to come from, truck or car or are they the same?
jays68yak
1/2 ton status
4X4HIGH said:
did you hit up Eric M from the norcal board to see if he still had the one from that suburban?
I bolted mine on last night. I swapped out the box so that I could get different fittings, since mine where the oring style.
shane74
1/2 ton status
BigCountryx said:What Hassle
Not true. If you don't set the drag to the correct amount of torque after swapping out the sector shaft, your gear mesh will be all out of whack. It can cause binding issues. Bad juju. Ask me how I know.
To answer your original question. It needs to be from a 2WD truck.
85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
yep chevy K series vehicles. can be either truck or blazer in the 2wd version.
You will need to pull the steering shaft to set up the new shaft.
You will need to pull the steering shaft to set up the new shaft.
jays68yak
1/2 ton status
85mudblazin said:
so wouldnt that mean a "c" series vehicle?
PsychoticDeadGuy
1/2 ton status
what about the 2wd suburban?
85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
C K there all the same
yea Burbs, K5's, and truck will all work if there 2wd.
yea Burbs, K5's, and truck will all work if there 2wd.
R72K5
Banned
C/K series only
that means no S-series, or any cars
they are reversed, wrong side of the frame rail
and no G series either(vans)
good luck
that means no S-series, or any cars
they are reversed, wrong side of the frame rail
and no G series either(vans)
good luck
Not to hijack, but while we are on the subject of tearing a steering gear box apart, does anybody know where to find a good tech article on rebuilding a Saginaw stearing box? Not just an article on swaping the sector shaft only, and not just a link to a post describing how to rebuild a box...I am talking a full tech article write-up with pictures and everything. I have spent about 2-hours searching the Internet for one, and I cannot find one any place.
Just look in a Chiltons or motors manual, that is where i got all my info when i rebuilt my steering box. The manual gives you all the required torque values and adjustment specs.
I have a Chiltons, and there is only two sentences on steering boxes:
Chapter 4) 4.23 "remove gear box"
Chapter 4) 4.24 "to install gear box/reverse procedure found in 4.23".
dave_90_blazer
1/2 ton status
R72K5 said:
umm, "C" is 2wd
"k" is 4x4...........(and for 88-91, "R" is 2wd, "V" is 4x4)
R72K5
Banned
umm
yes C is 2wd and G also(from factory, although a few 4x4 G series exist, but rare)
everyone knows this
what, did i say that C was not 2wd ?
id like you to show me where i did,
i was just saying what boxes will bolt on the right side of the frame rail, the outer side
C/K/R/V all do
also 87 was R/V series,
this started in 87
my 87 c-10 was an R10
i think you misunderstood what i posted up there
i was not saying that C is 4x4
or that it wasnt
i was just talking about steering box design
that S-series and G-series wont/cant work on a C/K(R/V) series
if you want to get technical then we could talk about the 70-72 2wd K-5's(all 69 were 4x4)
the designation letter wasnt always accurate with GM
K wasnt always 4x4, for example
but people can believe/think what they want, i try my best to help ppl, but you can only try so much, then its just time to give up, my problem is that i dont give up easily enough when i know that i am right and know what im talking about
good luck
yes C is 2wd and G also(from factory, although a few 4x4 G series exist, but rare)
everyone knows this
what, did i say that C was not 2wd ?
id like you to show me where i did,
i was just saying what boxes will bolt on the right side of the frame rail, the outer side
C/K/R/V all do
also 87 was R/V series,
this started in 87
my 87 c-10 was an R10
i think you misunderstood what i posted up there
i was not saying that C is 4x4
or that it wasnt
i was just talking about steering box design
that S-series and G-series wont/cant work on a C/K(R/V) series
if you want to get technical then we could talk about the 70-72 2wd K-5's(all 69 were 4x4)
the designation letter wasnt always accurate with GM
K wasnt always 4x4, for example
but people can believe/think what they want, i try my best to help ppl, but you can only try so much, then its just time to give up, my problem is that i dont give up easily enough when i know that i am right and know what im talking about
good luck
