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Apr 13, 2005 | 08:33 PM

jcduerr

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is the power steering gear rebuildable in these trucks???

Apr 13, 2005 | 11:19 PM

Torque1st

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Yes it is but reman units are available. Check the FAQ thread in this forum for a rebuilder's name.

Apr 14, 2005 | 07:58 AM

martin_b

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If you're talking about the pump, a seal kit is pretty cheap and not too diffucult to install. The biggest pain is removing the pulley. I can't remember what the last one I bought cost, but I think it was less than $10.00.

Apr 14, 2005 | 01:26 PM

jcduerr

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i have looked at reman but i was wondering if there was a rebuild kit available to do your self. trying to get out of this as cheap as possible

Apr 15, 2005 | 05:26 AM

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A seal kit from the dealer lists for around $25,but it's not a re-build kit.A new sector shaft alone is probably going to cost as much as a re-built box,plus the extra labor.

Apr 15, 2005 | 06:16 AM

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Many of the boxes out there in trucks have a twisted sector shaft. The sector shaft gets twisted if the truck gets curb checked or the front wheels are bumped in any kind of accident. Insurance companies will not pay for a new steering box so they tell the repair people to just "reposition the steering wheel". The results are a lot of trucks that do not steer right or that will steer sharper to one side than the other. Or trucks that will leak out the bottom seals and destroy the bottom bearing. Of course some of the rebuilders do not replace the shafts either...

Apr 15, 2005 | 08:42 AM

alxsnmr

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Which rebuilders replace the twisted shaft then? Do they replace it if certain critique are met?

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Apr 15, 2005 | 10:56 PM

Torque1st

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I have no idea what their criteria is. I have had zero luck with A1-Cardone reman parts. Have you checked the FAQ thread I mentioned?

Apr 16, 2005 | 09:12 AM

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alxsnmr

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I was browsing through the FAQ's and wanted to know if there were standards that rebuilders used to determine when a part is beyond repair in steering boxes.