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Hi! I’m replacing the steering box on my 87 f150 2wd 300 standard. It seems the new one I picked up has a larger spline than the original. My Pittman arm will not fit on the new box. Everything is the same except the spine. My original box has a 40 mm spline and the new one has a 46 mm spline. Hoe can I make the new box fit? Thanks
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I found a listing for a 96 E250 with a 5.8 that shows that box with 36 splines. It was for the vans over 4200lb gross front axle weight. Autozone shows a pitman arm for it, but it may not work with your truck, just the vans. You could go to a parts store and see if they have one for your truck and the one for that van and see if they are the same length and offset.
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Thanks for your reply! Seems they are not the same. I crossed referenced part no. with Canadian tire prior to purchase and they told me same prat no. / listing. I checked all four series f 150 250 350 e 250 and they list box with identical no. ****ty since I paid $180 for it. I thought about different Pittman arm considering maybe it would be able to work. Thanks again!!!
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$180 Canadian for a used gear box? That was not a good deal. You could have purchased a reman for less.
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Yeah! Again just looking to find a soloution. Maybe some other member can advise how to proceed. Clearly there is a way around this. All dimensions fit except spline. Anyone know of a specific Pittman arm which would work. Cheers!
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