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: steering box ISSUES!

DSI
03-28-2002, 03:02 PM
my steering box has 1/8th - 1/4 turn of slop @ the input, the adjuster nut/screw will not take any slop out of it, and the box pulses in and out when steering... it's kind of scary when drivng at freeway speeds!
HighHooder
03-28-2002, 03:12 PM
I swear, you and Toyota steering:rolleyes: :flipoff2:
Toyota_Jim
03-28-2002, 03:31 PM
Originally posted by DSI
my steering box has 1/8th - 1/4 turn of slop @ the input, the adjuster nut/screw will not take any slop out of it, and the box pulses in and out when steering... it's kind of scary when drivng at freeway speeds!
Guess what, were in the same boat, mine does the same thing. N clue what it is....
DSI
03-28-2002, 04:03 PM
Originally posted by HighHooder
I swear, you and Toyota steering:rolleyes: :flipoff2:


SHADDAP TOM!
camo
03-28-2002, 04:30 PM
sounds like it is worn out. get a new one
SeaBass44
03-28-2002, 04:37 PM
Originally posted by camo
sounds like it is worn out. get a new one

Yup:D but go get a 4 bolt sagina box;)
fullywrecked
03-28-2002, 04:40 PM
I bet it the nut behind the wheel!:flipoff2:
DSI
03-28-2002, 04:48 PM
Originally posted by camo
sounds like it is worn out. get a new one


ya and it's the one that's tapped for my assist :(

think maybe i'll get an orbital valve instead :D
Dingo
03-29-2002, 01:47 AM
Originally posted by SeaBass44


Yup:D but go get a 4 bolt sagina box;)


SeaBass, will the Sagina bolt right in or are there some serious mods needed to make it work? I saw a thread recently saying that the Saginaws arms swing differently than the IFS box?
thanks
SeaBass44
03-29-2002, 08:34 AM
Originally posted by Dingo



SeaBass, will the Sagina bolt right in or are there some serious mods needed to make it work? I saw a thread recently saying that the Saginaws arms swing differently than the IFS box?
thanks
no bolt in, you just need to find the right box. I was told mine is from an el camino, it has 4 bolts others have 3. stronger? I saw the box on a 82 up camaro, looks right, take a look around the JY's cheap boxes. I'm pretty light[sammi] but I have the 4.3 and with aired down 16/35 boggers in 4 low low> it turns with 1 finger! I can't see needing hydro on mine, but I have not had it in the box with a locker in front[open now]
Dingo
03-29-2002, 01:09 PM
Do you have a pic of how it is mounted? Similar to an IFS I assume? I am somewhat interested if it will mount the same way as the IFS will......might be easier (and cheaper) to find.
fullywrecked
03-29-2002, 07:45 PM
Hey seabass.......saginaw boxes mount on the inside of the frame.........ifs toys mount on the outside..........His easiest option would be a 2wd F/S chevy pickup box.:flipoff2:
SeaBass44
03-29-2002, 07:58 PM
Originally posted by fullywrecked
Hey seabass.......saginaw boxes mount on the inside of the frame.........ifs toys mount on the outside..........His easiest option would be a 2wd F/S chevy pickup box.:flipoff2:
all of them? just mount it inside then:flipoff2:
ForestCam
03-29-2002, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by fullywrecked
Hey seabass.......saginaw boxes mount on the inside of the frame.........ifs toys mount on the outside..........His easiest option would be a 2wd F/S chevy pickup box.:flipoff2:

I was wondering about this. A "G" van's steering box mounts on the outside of the frame and looks awfully similar to the Toyota IFS box. I haven't done any measurements just bone head, I mean, yard observation. Would this work?
fullywrecked
03-29-2002, 08:51 PM
Originally posted by SeaBass44

all of them? just mount it inside then:flipoff2:

You can mount it if you like......just don't send me any pics!:flipoff2:
SeaBass44
03-29-2002, 09:00 PM
Originally posted by fullywrecked


You can mount it if you like......just don't send me any pics!:flipoff2:

heres 1 it's workin pretty good, pulls just a bit to the right:D mounts to the outside too:flipoff2:
fullywrecked
03-29-2002, 09:19 PM
Thats some swwweeeeeettttttttttt steering linkage! Got Chain Lube?:flipoff2:
CRO
03-29-2002, 10:18 PM
Even though you do not have IFS you still have a torsion bar in your truck.. in the steering box
The reason you have all the slop on the input is the torsion bar that usually smoothes out the steering input to the vanes and disc's of the assist valving has snapped and you are basically moving the disc with the two tabs that are there for emergency (redundancy)

You do not have to get rid of the already tapped box though.... just swap the guts from another box into the one that is tapped..... Just pull the top cap/ sector shaft out first. then pull the rack/ worm and ball-nut as an assembly (unwind it and be prepared to catch a whole lotta ball bearings...)
John Jones
03-30-2002, 07:04 AM
Not all saginaw boxs mount inside the frame.
SeaBass44
03-30-2002, 10:34 AM
Originally posted by John Jones
Not all saginaw boxs mount inside the frame.

No Shit? Look at the pic I just posted, 2wd chevy p/u saginaw box mounted on outside of frame:rolleyes: