ft bronc
Jr. Member
Help me out of a jamb! I'm putting my stock '73 PS gear box back together, but there a couple weak points in the instructions I'm following, so I'm hoping you guys will be able to answer my questions.
1) The original Saginaw instructions talk about balls of two colors - black & shinny. I only have shinny. Is that normal?
2) Mine also has 34 balls, which is ten more than any of the instructions I've found. Again, normal?
3) The saginaw instructions use a special tool to hold the balls in place in the rack piston to allow assy back into the box. I don't have one, so I was going to follow the method from an on-line article from a 4x4 mag, but their box had far fewer balls than mine & so won't work for me. What's the best way to install the balls?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
1) The original Saginaw instructions talk about balls of two colors - black & shinny. I only have shinny. Is that normal?
2) Mine also has 34 balls, which is ten more than any of the instructions I've found. Again, normal?
3) The saginaw instructions use a special tool to hold the balls in place in the rack piston to allow assy back into the box. I don't have one, so I was going to follow the method from an on-line article from a 4x4 mag, but their box had far fewer balls than mine & so won't work for me. What's the best way to install the balls?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!