Toyota steering
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From: Durham NC
Turn the steering wheel or steering box steering shaft all the way one way Now turn it fully the other way and count the wheel or shaft rotations. Turn it back 1/2 the revolutions, and that's the position you want it in when you install the pitman arm straight up and down. Before you put on the drag link re-verify that the pitman arm moves the same distance forwards and back from vertical when you turn the steering wheel from lock to lock. Finally with the arm vertical, put the steering wheel on the steering shaft with the center top at 12:00.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Missouri
I have one more question and hopefully I will finally get my truck back on the road. I am rebuilding my drag link ends. I found the dust shields are toast. I was wondering can something be used to make these instead of purchasing new ones or is it better to use the factory ones?
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,882
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From: Durham NC
I have one more question and hopefully I will finally get my truck back on the road. I am rebuilding my drag link ends. I found the dust shields are toast. I was wondering can something be used to make these instead of purchasing new ones or is it better to use the factory ones?
Tuned
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Springfield Mo.
I just got back for the Mid-America Street Rod Nationals Plus here in Sprinfield, MO and got to look at a couple of fridges. One was a '57 with the Toyota power steering box conversion and a 3 inch dropped front axle. It looked great, and the fella who built it has built several and he sweares by the dropped straight axle and Toyo box. One thing he told me that he said REALLY made a difference in how it drove was adding a sway bar to the front and using Bilstein shocks. I think this is the way I'm gonna go with my '58. He also used a stock Ford power steering pump and said it worked great. As for front brakes, he used a aftermarket kit for the rotors, calipers and such and then he found that a mid 90's Dodge van booster and master cylinder was almost a bolt on fit. Really simple he said.
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