Ford power steering gear

blknblu69v · Feb 19, 2018

My 69' Ford power steering gear is leaking bad. I don't feel like spending $350+ dollars to have mine rebuilt. Is there any other good options without spending a ton of money?

bronkenn · Feb 19, 2018

You can get a seal kit and put it in yourself. Not that bad of a job. Lots of tutorials on the internet for help. If it is just the pitman arm shaft seal, that is a pretty easy job. Ken

Justafordguy · Feb 19, 2018

X2, It's easy to re-seal the box. You need to figure out what steering gear it is before you order the seal kit, 69 Bronco did not come with power steering.

FordBronc · Feb 19, 2018

X3 get a seal kit (takes 2, one for in put one for output) and do DIY...

Oreilly's national brand seal, for p/s gear box sector shaft (input) seal part # 8659S $8.99, pitman arm (output) seal part # 340151 $11.99

Here are some (none applying) part #'s and a walk thru on a 73-79 Ford truck steering box seal replacement. Yes different part #'s, but about the same, job wise?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1338085-ford-truck-information-and-then-some.html#post14696828

blknblu69v · Feb 19, 2018

Thanks for the info everyone! I'll look into the part #s provided and some online videos for instruction. We have two more month of winter before I start taking it out, so I hope I can get it done by then.

blknblu69v · Feb 19, 2018

How do I know what steering gear I have?

sykanr0ng · Feb 19, 2018

blknblu69v said:
How do I know what steering gear I have?

Post some pictures of it up on here and we can probably figure it out.

How to post pictures?:

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34373

blknblu69v · Feb 20, 2018

Well that was a huge pain in the rear setting that up! Hope this works!
http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/blknblu69/media/IMG_1798_zps04t3t5ap.jpg.html?o=0
Here's the other pic
http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/blknblu69/media/IMG_1796_zpsq7pcywrh.jpg.html?o=1
Thanks!

sykanr0ng · Feb 20, 2018

blknblu69v said:
Well that was a huge pain in the rear setting that up! Hope this works!
http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/blknblu69/media/IMG_1798_zps04t3t5ap.jpg.html?o=0
Here's the other pic
http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/blknblu69/media/IMG_1796_zpsq7pcywrh.jpg.html?o=1
Thanks!

You need to pay photobucket $400 per year (yes, that is four hundred dollars) for us to see the pics.

Or you could become a contributor to this forum for $12 a year.

blknblu69v · Feb 20, 2018

paid my $12. Lets try this.

toddz69 · Feb 20, 2018

That's a stock 73-77 Bronco power steering box.

Todd Z.

blknblu69v · Feb 20, 2018

FordBronc said:
X3 get a seal kit (takes 2, one for in put one for output) and do DIY...

Oreilly's national brand seal, for p/s gear box sector shaft (input) seal part # 8659S $8.99, pitman arm (output) seal part # 340151 $11.99

Here are some (none applying) part #'s and a walk thru on a 73-79 Ford truck steering box seal replacement. Yes different part #'s, but about the same, job wise?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1338085-ford-truck-information-and-then-some.html#post14696828

So will these part #'s work for my steering gear?

tirewater · Feb 20, 2018

You can buy a rebuild/seal kit, I think for about ~$30. It's not a terrible job, but it does take patience to get the ball bearings in correctly. The biggest issue I had was the teflon seals around the piston. I ended up buying another seal kit because I sheared part of one of the seals.

It's also something you don't want to screw up.

blknblu69v · Mar 9, 2018

I got the rebuild kit at my local auto parts. Had to slide the steering column out a little to remove the gear box. Gear box came apart pretty easy. Watched a couple videos on youtube. Also struggled with Teflon rings over piston then getting piston back into housing. Put a hose clamp around the Teflon ring for a few minutes, removed clamp and got the piston to slide in! Getting ball bearings back in was a little tedious but not bad. Now getting ready to re-install back in the Bronco. I'm glad I went with the DIY and not pay someone $350+ dollars!

bronkenn · Mar 9, 2018

Good to hear you got it done. Ken

pcf_mark · Mar 9, 2018

I just put two sector shaft seals on mine in a week and it is leaking again I am thinking about rebuilding it. There is some confusion on the part numbers:

According to Edelmann https://www.plews-edelmann.com/repair-kits/ it is 8540 for Ford '89 - '72.

But Amazon lists 7858 https://www.amazon.com/Edelmann-785...pID=41MCjiPGm2L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Anyone have a reliable number?

Viperwolf1 · Mar 9, 2018

pcf_mark said:
I just put two sector shaft seals on mine in a week and it is leaking again I am thinking about rebuilding it. There is some confusion on the part numbers:

According to Edelmann https://www.plews-edelmann.com/repair-kits/ it is 8540 for Ford '89 - '72.

But Amazon lists 7858 https://www.amazon.com/Edelmann-785...pID=41MCjiPGm2L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Anyone have a reliable number?

7858 is for the stock Saginaw box.

pcf_mark · Mar 10, 2018

Thanks ViperWolf for the confirmation. I ordered it on Amazon today. I took my box completely apart today including driving out the sector shaft bearings. Are both of these in that kit? I had to really thump on the sector shaft to get it out through the bearings.

I am trying find a Bronco specific video or guide - there are plenty of partial videos or manuals but I want to set everything back up correctly not leave some setting to the old way because I have wear somewhere. The fluid had some grey paste down in the bottom of the casting. The hard parts all look good they just need a polish or deburring.

34 ball bearings right??

Thanks.

Viperwolf1 · Mar 10, 2018

pcf_mark said:
Thanks ViperWolf for the confirmation. I ordered it on Amazon today. I took my box completely apart today including driving out the sector shaft bearings. Are both of these in that kit? I had to really thump on the sector shaft to get it out through the bearings.

I am trying find a Bronco specific video or guide - there are plenty of partial videos or manuals but I want to set everything back up correctly not leave some setting to the old way because I have wear somewhere. The fluid had some grey paste down in the bottom of the casting. The hard parts all look good they just need a polish or deburring.

34 ball bearings right??

Thanks.

Only one of those bearings will be in the kit. You'll need to get another. It's a Torrington BH2020.

Make sure the sector shaft isn't bent. That makes it difficult to get them out.

You can use any saginaw steering manual but just be aware that the Bronco box is a reverse rotation version. All manuals I've seen are specific to standard rotation. CW and CCW will be backwards from the manual instructions. Everything else should be the same.

34 balls is correct for a 6 turn box.

pcf_mark · Mar 11, 2018

Thanks I'll order a second bearing so I have everything. I took a straight edge to the sector shaft and it is bent slightly from the splines down. Maybe .003 I did not measure it. Hopefully that is ok there is not much I can do about that.

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