Steering box rebuild/replace

[Kern Dog]

Yeah I've heard that FF is a great option, how is stage 3 ? not to squirrelly?

It is the best. The Stage 3 firms up the effort tremendously. The Fast Ratio arms also increase the firmness because they make the wheel a little harder to turn. Squirrelly?c Not in the least... exactly the opposite. While the steering ratio is faster, it also is harder to turn the wheel. If the ratio were faster with the same effort as stock I'm sure there would be some strange over-correcting condition.

 

[miller]

Any thoughts on T-bars helping to decrease Negative camber by lifting the cars nose up?

That's half your problems, right there. If you look in the service book, setting alignment, the height (via the bars adjustment) is set first. Then, in order, the remaining alignment settings are done. Raising the nose, by the bars...all alignment settings are now off...since one affects the others.
Steering box? Yeah, needs to be within reason, to set the front alignment. Sloppy? They all do, after time.
Book tells you how to go through 'em. Though, most of the time, if the hard parts are in good shape, just needs to be re-sealed, and adjusted. That's what I did on my 64 box. Just opened it up, flushed it inside, checked it, new seals all around, adjusted, and went on.
Or, go spend a wad of money, and let someone else do it!

 

[YY1]

Here's somewhat little known "secret"-

M body cars (5th Ave) have the coveted "police" steering box.

To use on some models, you'll need to get the pittman and idler arms as well, but they're bolt-ons.

 

[67 GTX]

Suspension seems ok I can adjust the torsion bars up and down and the rest seems ok, I raised the nose by means of the t-bars in hopes of reducing the inside wear by decreasing the negative camber but I'm not sure if the t-bars play any part of adjusting camber one way or another. The guys at the shop said an alignment was pointless without a good box. Is that BS?

Sounds it to me. Btw, if you touched your height, you'll need an alignment. Have you checked for any play within the suspension itself?

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

Sounds it to me. Btw, if you touched your height, you'll need an alignment. Have you checked for any play within the suspension itself?

I haven't, no. I don't know what to look for actually or how to test for play. At this point I just tightened the TBars up so at least it won't wear my inside edge so badly at least that is my hope. I'll go for an alignment when I get my steery box in

 

[67 GTX]

I haven't, no. I don't know what to look for actually or how to test for play. At this point I just tightened the TBars up so at least it won't wear my inside edge so badly at least that is my hope. I'll go for an alignment when I get my steery box in

You can go under and grab your tie-rods ends and see if there's any movement with them.
Then you can jack the front of your car up, slide a breaker bar under the tires, and push up, while looking for movement in the ball joints.

There are other things to check and probably better ways, but those are very quick tests that you can do.

 

[CoronetDarter]

Yeah I've heard that FF is a great option, how is stage 3 ? not to squirrelly?

FF rebuilt the power steering gear in my Coronet with a stage III. It's a nice, "heavy" feel with instantaneous response. I recommend them, but then again I'm on the West Coast; if S&G offers their version of the stage III I would go with it.

 

[Speedbird]

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/manual-steering-box-assistance-needed.215220/

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/manual-steering-box.270798/