Steering box
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Steering box
Could anybody tell me about whether or not the steering boxes are interchangeable between the 1/2, 3/4, and 1 ton pickups. I have a 3/4 ton and the steering seems to have something like a "knot", for lack of a better word, at the centered position. It just gets hung up momentarily at times at centered. I was at a junkyard recently up in PA and noticed 4 or 5 half ton dodges that have not had the steering boxes robbed yet, and got to wondering about whether or not they put a stouter unit in the stouter trucks.
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As far as I Know ( not very far sometimes ) they will bolt on. I can tell you this because I have a 1979 1/2 ton box on mine now. I do know it has to be from a 4x4.
Just so you know..at some point they changed the pressure and return line fittings from flare fittings to something that looks like a/c fittings with an o-ring on it. My truck had the o-ring fitting on is so I had to change lines and the delivery valve on the rear of the p/s pump to the '79 style fittings.
I did buy a rebuilt box when I went to the Mopar Nat's this past year, I just havent had the time to put it on....and the '79 box is still working fine.
PM me if you want and I'll give you the company that I bought the rebuilt box from. It was reasonable price wise IMHO.
Just so you know..at some point they changed the pressure and return line fittings from flare fittings to something that looks like a/c fittings with an o-ring on it. My truck had the o-ring fitting on is so I had to change lines and the delivery valve on the rear of the p/s pump to the '79 style fittings.
I did buy a rebuilt box when I went to the Mopar Nat's this past year, I just havent had the time to put it on....and the '79 box is still working fine.
PM me if you want and I'll give you the company that I bought the rebuilt box from. It was reasonable price wise IMHO.
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