Faster ratio steering box?
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Tuned
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Faster ratio steering box?
I've never heard of one and a quick search of this site reveals no indication of one but...
Is there a direct bolt-in steering gearbox with a bit quicker turn ratio available?
Is there a direct bolt-in steering gearbox with a bit quicker turn ratio available?
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I believe Red Head can possibly build a box with a little quicker ratio. You may check with them to see if this is so. If they do, it probably won't be cheap.
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If you don't mind hacking up the steering column you could install a steering quickener, 1.5 or 2:1 ratio:
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...ing-quickeners
https://www.summitracing.com/search/...ing-quickeners
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Maybe some of the guys here smarter than me will know this, if I remember correctly there might be pitman arms with slightly different lengths. A longer arm would make the turning quicker if you can find one. Also on the list of things I don't know is if any other arms from this era are interchangeable with our boxes, say from a Lincoln or something like that. Anyhow if I were trying to do this it's where I would start.
Probably way out of context but a drastically quicker ratio is the CV swap I've done with a rack from a police car, the ratio is so quick on it I had a hard time steering it until I put the PS pump on. I look at this swap as something Ford wanted us to do, why else would they have designed it this way?
Probably way out of context but a drastically quicker ratio is the CV swap I've done with a rack from a police car, the ratio is so quick on it I had a hard time steering it until I put the PS pump on. I look at this swap as something Ford wanted us to do, why else would they have designed it this way?
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Angular change of the steering wheel would the same but the applied force would be different due to the decreased distance from the point of rotation. In other words, less leverage.
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Angular change of the steering wheel would the same but the applied force would be different due to the decreased distance from the point of rotation. In other words, less leverage.
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Yes, RedHead offers a quick-steer version. It's same price as regular steer. I have one in my '66. Works great!
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When I called redhead, they didn't make one for my '70. But then again, the guy I talked to was a mental dwarf.
I did have one built locally though, it took using some parts (worm gear) out of a similar but quicker ratio box and switching them to my box. It almost steers to quickly now with a 14" steering wheel.
I did have one built locally though, it took using some parts (worm gear) out of a similar but quicker ratio box and switching them to my box. It almost steers to quickly now with a 14" steering wheel.
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The Red-Head quick steer part number is 2751F. It is 3.5 turns from lock to lock. It should fit power-steering twin I beam trucks 65-79.
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