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Here is a kit for replacing your old steering gear: Edit: https://shiftsst.com/store/electric-power-steering.html
Hopefully this works. They do have an electric power steering gear for 65-79 Fords. Will have to search for it on the website.
I just finished my 71 highboy electric steering swap. I used the Prius EPAs box as they are cheap and don't need a vss signal like the GM. Total cost for the swap was about 150.00. I harvested the Toyota steering shafts and u joints. I turned the ford shaft in my lathe and pinned and welded the ends to the Toyota u joints. Overall its a success, has the same feel as my 68 highboy with a 78 PS box. Total draw at full lock is 42 amps.
I can see that I am late to this thread. Now, as I get closer to my own PS swap, this looks very interesting. As far as searching FTE, this was about all I could really find. Just searching the internet you find kits and videos but no real build threads. Did Ford390gashod do a build on this or keep track of how you built it? Most of it looks pretty straight forward. The bulk of the parts would be the electric motor, all the steering shafts and u-joints in the vicinity, wiring and control module. What about the sensitivity control you see in some of the kits? Did you also do that in you home build? I have the parts for doing the 2wd PS swap but havent started that yet and this just sounds nice and clean while keeping my manual gear and steering linkage as is.
Did you ever start an electric steering swap? I have a question for ford390gashog if he gets on. When you did your swap with the prius gear, did you cut off the steering column from the shaft or does it press off? I have a pic of it.
It looks like a bearing or seal in the open end. I have not wanted to pull the whole thing apart fearing I would screw it up. I also poked tie wire down the end of the shaft to find it is hollow 1/2 or 2/3 the way down. Did you cut yours back to solid shaft before attaching a u-joint?
I just finished my 71 highboy electric steering swap. I used the Prius EPAs box as they are cheap and don't need a vss signal like the GM. Total cost for the swap was about 150.00. I harvested the Toyota steering shafts and u joints. I turned the ford shaft in my lathe and pinned and welded the ends to the Toyota u joints. Overall its a success, has the same feel as my 68 highboy with a 78 PS box. Total draw at full lock is 42 amps.
Do you have any pictures I want to see how you made the connections
This is where I am at right now. Too much working and not enough resto truck time.
I should have time to make a mounting bracket and get this installed this weekend. Thats the original shaft going to the manual steering gear box and how the electric will be laid out. The front u-joint is a 11/16 36 spline x 3/4 36 spline that connects the steering gears together. The other two are 3/4 36 spline x 3/4 DDs. One, is altered by drilling the splines out to 7/8" and welded to a spline sleeve that goes on the rear shaft. I tried to keep it simple. Next pic shows all the parts.
Looks great. I am thinking more and more this is the direction I want to go. Seems way simpler than doing the 2005-2008 steering gear and front end. Although that would give me a more modern axle with disk brakes and suspension.
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