Power to manual steering conversion?
Fleet Mechanic
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From: NE Texas
Fixing the old box will probably help a lot; you may also find you need to aggressively attack all the little inconsequential bits of slop. There's a thing called 'tolerance stack-up' where a little bit here + a little bit there+ a little more bit over there = big trouble... a friend of mine had a persistent death wobble in his Jeep which turned out to be a sum of loose but in-spec parts causing a hellacious problem.
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I'm just gonna fix this seal and most likely buy a better box down the road. I was under the assumption that the manual boxes were tighter/more durable than the power models. Thanks for your help guys.
More Turbo
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Hi, My friend just had a manual box go south on him, the worm gear on the shaft wore out. He had a lot of play in the steering before it started to lock up on him. My point is unless you find a rebuilt manual box you might have the same problem you have now. You will also need a non P/S pitman arm which will add to the cost. I put in a Redhead box in my truck and the steering is tight. I did some research before spending the money and found they go though every box and upgrade the bearings from the stock style. They also send you a new box and you ship your back for the core charge so your truck doesn't need to sit. Mine is driver also just rolled over 13k this yr.
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