Right now i have manual steering i want power what options do i have for junk yard donors like XJ or durango...

Sources online say both XJ and Durango boxes are different but that doesn't neccessarily mean they won't workwork. Why if you don't mind me asking, are you trying to re-invent the wheel? Just track down a CJ or YJ box and be done with it. Hell I'm sure if you search the classifieds here on the PBB somebody can send you one for almost nothing plus shipping. Then its just brainless plug and play and you have power steering.

no i found that xj will work just heard durango works and is easier to turn with big tires just wornding if its true i have plenty of xjs at the junkyard you know what i mean

I seriously doubt either box will make turning larger tires any easier if thats one of the reasons you are considering using one of these boxes. If this were actually the case everybody and their brother with a CJ/YJ/TJ would be using them instead of rigging up full hydro and hydro assist rams. All the cherokee guys I see have just as much a hard time turning the wheel as the SWB jeep guys. If they are plentiful and cheap go for it.

hey it just what I heard thats why I asked to see if there was some truth behind it thats all, I might go that route later with that PSC steering assist, just lookin to get me rolling with something now for cheap

hey it just what I heard thats why I asked to see if there was some truth behind it thats all, I might go that route later with that PSC steering assist, just lookin to get me rolling with something now for cheap

the waggy box is the cheap junk yard solution.

edit: there is some good info on these threads...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60555&

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45442&

I am also considering the waggy box swap on my cj for the variable rate steering. What would make one box steer easier than the other is the ratio. Just have to watch the splines on the steering shaft or grab the lower half of the doner steering shaft from the rag joint down.

just make sure that what you get at the junkyard will work for you, I bought a early YJ pump and box from another member and was told that it would work I'd just need to swap the pulley..... nope. Evidently 94 and 95 YJs had a different pump all together with external reservoir. I got what I needed from a different member and it works great.

i know i have to grab the steer shafts but would the waggy have 4 or 3 mounting bolts the xj is 3 would that matter?

well i just need a gear box as i have a ford 5.0 engine with a gm sagnaw pump