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Old 04-24-2010, 06:07 PM
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where my stearing box mounts to the "frame" the whole thing is torqing and bending. is there any fix for this. some type of support i can buy or make to help clean up the steering?
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i think im gonna do both. better safe than sorry. im gonna make the plates for the frame and but the brace. thank you very much. i dont know how i didnt see these when i was looking
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I'm about to plate the unibody in that section...same problem. I should probably build a brace too to keep it from happening again.
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check and make sure there are no cracks around the steering box.
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check and make sure there are no cracks around the steering box.
there was one but we welded it back up. it was still moving and thats why i was worried haha

im just happy its a normal problem thats pretty easily fixed
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so i took it to ok today to get it all looked at and figure out what i needed exactly and the worse case scenario happened.... the box broke off, every bolt.... now i need to replace it. but there is always a silver lining eveything else checked out and they only charged me $30 to diagnose all my problems ( rear driveline vibration ( pinion moves in the diff haha) front squeek( $16 u joint) and a few other sweet finds. overall happy im ready to fix this. and i bought the steering box brace so it wont happen again
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