Power Steering box suggestions

[Andyuofa83]

I have a 1975 with power steering.

I am pretty sure that my box is worn out. I have seen some really nice ones on TBC over a grand.

I ran across this one on ebay. Thoughts?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REMANUFACTU...Ford|Model:Bronco&hash=item1c2c412dae&vxp=mtr


Also, I do not off road but plan on running 35's. Currently run 33's.

What is a good box for a reasonable price?

 

[bronconut73]

All of the vendors boxes are great. Superior to stock.

The 4x4x2 box which is an 80 to 96 4x4 steering box with 80 to 96 4x2 internals. Tuffest unit out there until you start talking about the companies that build up boxes for any racing purpose.

BC has a nice write up in their tech section to build your own 4x4x2 box.
WH has these boxes already modded.
This would be the heaviest duty unit you could run but as said before all of the vendors boxes are a huge improvement over OEM.
The OEM boxes are just the easiest install.
But the best things in life are rarely easy. Haha.

 

[SteveL]

The 4x4x2 is a pre 79 f-150 or 78/79 bronco 4x4 box mixed with the 2wd internals from above. Some of the vendors sell em ready to go or you can do it yourself much cheaper.

 

[Green76]

Send yours to West Texas Offroad in San Angelo and get it rebuilt for $140!

 

[bronconut73]

The 4x4x2 is a pre 79 f-150 or 78/79 bronco 4x4 box mixed with the 2wd internals from above. Some of the vendors sell em ready to go or you can do it yourself much cheaper.

Sorry...
Looking at this on my phone while my CPU is down.

 

[thegreatjustino]

Send yours to West Texas Offroad in San Angelo and get it rebuilt for $140!

x2 why pay $530 for a rebuilt box when you can have yours rebuilt for $140.

 

[Crawdad]

PSC or WTO will do it for approx $140, as long as nothing else needs fixing. Yours will fit in a $17 flat rate box just wrap it up very well so it won't leak. The USPS don't take too kindly to vehicle fluids. Yours will be shipped (with insurance) back in a very well foamed box via FedEx or ups.

Get yours rebuilt and resell it on here for $350-$400 to recoup some of your costs towards one of the vendors units. I think your stock gearbox is fine once it's rebuilt but that's my opinion. One upgrade I'd suggest is going to a Sagi pump especially if going to 35s.

 

[Andyuofa83]

Thank you for all the feedback. Sounds like I will be sending it to Texas. I hate to have so much down time during the rebuild process. Oh well!

Thanks again everyone.

 

[Andyuofa83]

Thank you Crawdad for the info. Saginaw it is! I have a baby due pretty soon so it may be a good time to ship it out.

 

[Crawdad]

It took them about two weeks to get mine back to me. It's not bad, just inform them of you mailing yours in along with a note inside the shipping box.

 

[hammer189]

I used West Texas to rebuild my stock '76 box. Call and they will tell you the approx. turn around time. My total time was about 6 business days. Works great. David

 

[needabronco]

A complete rebuild kit is less than $50 and I believe a seal kit is around $20. There's really nothing to 'wear out' or go bad in a steering box other than a little sector shaft wear. You could probably rebuild your box in your garage in less than 2 hours (that's taking your sweet time). Adjusting the sector shaft is fairly simple and only takes very minor adjustment. Your sloppy steering is likely a combination of worn track bar bushings, tie rod ends, drag link, loose wheel bearings, suspension bushings, ball joints.....

I'd have someone wiggle your steering wheel while you watched and felt the steering system up front to see just what's wrong.

If you want to have your box rebuilt, it might be worth an attempt to do it yourself, if it's still not right then send it off. Worse case your out a few bucks, but you could save a couple hundred or more and learn something new?

 

[bronco 69]

Scrap yard nissan frontier box jeep grand Cherokee sector shaft I have $111.00 in mine best upgrade!!