RE: steering box

[Tom Duross <tduross1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point.  Too bad the FSM doesn't go into more detail on rebuilding
these.
I screwed mine up, I think backwards 2 summers ago on my 65 Belvedere and
had to take it to a front end shop and pay to get it right.  Ma still makes
and sells these kits but the information is lousy.  Good info Don.
I heard Rick E. did an article in Mopar Action but I couldn't find it at the
time.  Not a bad article to put on the site including Don's comments.

Tom

Most loose steerings on our cars are from a worn out or misassembled coupler
. The copperbronze shoes go the way that looks wrong  and it iseasy to
missassemble them coupler should have no play. When wrong they have about
1/16 to 1/8 . I know I knw not yours  . I hear it eavery week when someone
asks me but when i go and chck for them I almoost always find the box to
steering wheel shaft coupler is loose.  After they get the box overhauled
and all the suspension rebuilt and relieve themselves of a few hundred bucks
they comeback and we fix it in 10 or15 minutes. Mopar dealers have the parts
in sotck or did a year ago and trucks right into the 90s used the same
coupler. I just buy the shoes , the spring and the orange ruber. if the pin
is good i dont replace it because it is better left alone a unless it is
worn which it rarely is.
How to check? Grasp the steering shaft going to the steering wheel in one
and and the coupler in the other. try to twistthem in opposite directions .
If it is worn or misassembled the slop will be OBVIOUS. It is cetainly at
the very least the first thing to check. Very few mechanics of the non mopar
variety asemble these properly. They look like they should go the other way
but that makes tem loose. Coupler can be serviced vey easily in the car
without removing the box or the steering shaft. borgsen makes a better joint
assembly if one wants to upgrade.
Don
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