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Car Forum / Jeep / April 2004is the steering box shaft tapered?
hey guys-here's a quick one-is the shaft on a saginaw steering box tapered? the one where the pitman arm goes on. i didn't get a chance to look at mine this morning. can one install the pitman arm upside down? thanks! 85 cj7 with power steering.... Tapered. Use an old full sized Bronco if you need an another couple of inches drop without losing turning radius. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > hey guys-here's a quick one-is the shaft on a saginaw steering box > tapered? the one where the pitman arm goes on. i didn't get a chance > to look at mine this morning. can one install the pitman arm upside > down? thanks! 85 cj7 with power steering.... thanks! > Tapered. Use an old full sized Bronco if you need an another couple > of inches drop without losing turning radius. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > to look at mine this morning. can one install the pitman arm upside > > down? thanks! 85 cj7 with power steering.... Pretty sure it has a single spline blocked off but can't remember for sure about a taper. I wanna say, no, but I can't with any certainty. The real reason I'm responding is out of curiosity. Do you want to mount upside down and why? Or, are you just checking to see if someone accidentally put it on wrong? o_o_o_o Best Regards, /| ,[_____], Jim, WP3JQ |???L --O|||||||O- ()_)?()_) ????? )_) EM60qk 30.447439N 086.628959W > hey guys-here's a quick one-is the shaft on a saginaw steering box > tapered? the one where the pitman arm goes on. i didn't get a chance > to look at mine this morning. can one install the pitman arm upside > down? thanks! 85 cj7 with power steering.... well, i'm putting the tie rods on top of the knuckle and i read somewhere that this might cause the tie rod end at the pitman arm to hit the tie rod that goes from wheel to wheel. this happens when the left front tire is stuffed in to the fender. the solution is to install the tie rod end at the pitman arm on top of the arm, not at the bottom like stock. i wanted to know if i had to mess with the pitman arm to install the tie rod on top or not. does this make any sense? > Pretty sure it has a single spline blocked off but can't remember for sure > about a taper. I wanna say, no, but I can't with any certainty. The real [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > to look at mine this morning. can one install the pitman arm upside > > down? thanks! 85 cj7 with power steering.... What are you working on, people do that with Spring Over Axle conversions, but it requires a lot of machining. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > well, i'm putting the tie rods on top of the knuckle and i read somewhere > that this might cause the tie rod end at the pitman arm to hit the tie rod [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > not. > does this make any sense? hi bill-i'm working on a dana 30 front. i've taken the whole thing apart and figured-i might as well put the tie rods on top. the machining necessary for this was drilling out the tie rod end holes to 3/4" and inserting a tapered sleeve. not too hard. > What are you working on, people do that with Spring Over Axle > conversions, but it requires a lot of machining. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > not. > > does this make any sense? TJ conversion? http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/ford44/fronthang.jpg God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > hi bill-i'm working on a dana 30 front. i've taken the whole thing apart > and figured-i might as well put the tie rods on top. the machining > necessary for this was drilling out the tie rod end holes to 3/4" and > inserting a tapered sleeve. not too hard. nah, not doing anything that major-really just "freshening" up the axle. changed all the seals, u-joints, ball joints.... i found the lower 2 ball joints were pretty much frozen and 1 u-joint had a dry cap. good thing i changed them all...after 19 years...who knows how good all the joints are... > TJ conversion? > http://www.4x4wire.com/jeep/tech/axle/ford44/fronthang.jpg [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > necessary for this was drilling out the tie rod end holes to 3/4" and > > inserting a tapered sleeve. not too hard. |
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