I am looking into replacing my steering box and found myself looking at options that are offered. I found the No Limit Straight Axle power steering kit. Here is the link...POWER STEERING STRAIGHT AXLE-No Limit Engineering. Does anyone have experience with this on the 51/52 F-1? The other options that I have considered are the Toyota conversion and the rebuild of the stock steering and taking care of it. Thanks ahead of time for all of the great information. Ciao, Steve

 

A few folks here have installed the kit. Hopefully they will chime in here but you can look at these threads in the meantime.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...le-report.html

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...nd-pinion.html

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...beam-axle.html

 

Thanks for the links to the previous posts. They were very informative. I have to figure out the search function to work better. Steve

 

Depends on your financial situation and how much unsprung weight you want to carry around. I haven't seen enough experience with the sliding steering shaft deal to decide if it's a long term workable idea or not.
The Toyota conversion is slick and works great with the beam axle. It takes real savy knowlege and investigation to realize it didn't come from the factory that way.

 

We here at BlundellSpeed make a complete bolt in kit for this truck. if you email us I can send details on this kit. blundellspeed@att.net 714-744-1900. also comes with pump for your flathead. ( or for you OHV guys, you can order with-out pump )

 

I was just looking at that link for the straight axle power rack, Yikes they are expensive.

Ax has a good point about that sliding steering shaft too. There isn't much feed back yet from others that have this setup to make a informed decision as to whether it will work flawlessly for any amount of time.

The Toyota power steering box seems to be a better deal at the present and not to complicated an installation.

My 2 centavos