Power steering box strip down & reseal
Hi Bad Co and all other interested parties I Striped down my steering box completely have found several issues bottom seal pitman arm seal area corroded needs a speede sleeve will be a problem to fit as it has to be fitted after the box is re assembled this will make future overhauls very difficult as the shaft has to be removed through roller bearings, so the speede sleeve will have to be removed before strip down which will be made more difficult because of the seals .
(A word of caution when removing pitman arm using hammers either side of arm make sure you only hit the pitman arm & not the body of the box as you can distort the seal area as I did (only minor distortion put the box in the lathe and skimmed the distorted area as it made removing the seal sir clip near impossible)
The worm drive shaft has some major pitting to the bearing area, am finding it hard to find a replacement shaft so looks like I am in the market for another second hand power steering box hope the next box dose not have the same problem as it is starting to get expensive first box cost me $400 it was supposed to be in good condition according to the seller (very hard to check the box when buying over the phone you can only take there word .
The other problem I have had is with the seal kit I rushed into the strip down removing seals as I went I did not check the seals in the kit, the kit dose not supply the 3 Teflon square section seals on the worm drive shaft so check that you have all the necessary seals before removing old seals (very important)as Teflon square section seals of the correct size are hard to come by unless I make them out of a Teflon billet in the lathe, so at present I am at a stand still until I get a replacement box.
Having problems trying to post photos will try again at a later date
Brad
