Re: Weird steering

["James Lidberg" <jameslidberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

My 79 Scout: I had my daughter turn the steering wheel while the engine was running with the tires on the ground and 
I was underneath inspecting all the parts.

In this case one or two of the the bolts holding the steering box to the frame were stretched about an eighth or three 
sixteenths of an inch. 

I could not see the stretched bolts before the steering test because of all the dirt and grime under there.

New bolts helped, but the inside bore of the box turned out to have a deep gouge where the teflon piston seals 
contacted the box internally. I know because I took the box apart myself. I think the gouge occured because the box 
was being torqued and twisted, due to only one or two of the three bolts being firm, the others loose.

Since then I've been through 2 "rebuilt" AutoBone "lifetime warranty" boxes, they are/were just as bad as my original 
worn out box.

My next step is to have a box hard chromed and honed to fit the piston, then professionally rebuilt.

If you can't get a helper, you might try a long 4 foot prybar to see if the box is tight to the frame, and that the frame is 
not cracked.

- Jim in Mesa


Date sent:      	Wed, 06 Aug 2003 20:31:43 -0400
From:           	David Bongo <dbongo@domain.elided>
To:             	IHC Digest <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Subject:        	Weird steering
Send reply to:  	David Bongo <dbongo@domain.elided>

> Everything seems solid (I tried to shake the
> box to see if it was mounted properly, and the whole truck shook, the
> box didn't budge.) 


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