Corvette steering box install, how difficult?
05-30-2006, 01:35 PM
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Corvette steering box install, how difficult?
Can an average guy with average tools do the install from Corvette steering? The car has no power anything and Hooker sidepipes.
05-30-2006, 02:32 PM
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Not sure what you mean here. The steering box is a bolt up. Do you have the AIM?
05-31-2006, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by joe73vette
The tricky part is separating the tapered joints. Hold a big sledge on one side and rap smartly with another sledge and they'll pop free. Joe
05-31-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
Or just use the correct "pickle fork" tool...
05-31-2006, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Socket Head Bolt
Those tear things up. I bought pitman arm removers and haven't regreted it at all. They make big and small ones so they work on anything from ball joints to tie rod ends. I recomend buying these in both sizes.
05-31-2006, 08:14 PM
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I like the jeep box. When I switch vehicle from my wife's car to my vet I don't feel any difference. I forget about the steering altogether. The only time something is noticable is when it is not right, well steering is no longer something that I think about while driving.
The jeep box is easy to install in kit form and like some have already stated getting the old apart is the hard part.
The jeep box is easy to install in kit form and like some have already stated getting the old apart is the hard part.
05-31-2006, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by I'm Batman
For pitman arms, those things are great, and I have one. For parts that are going to be replaced (like ball joints and tie rod ends), I really don't care if I beat it silly or not.
With the pitman arms these make it a breeze.
05-31-2006, 08:48 PM
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I did the install in an afternoon, without instructions, when I bought my kit there were no instructions. Hardest part was getting the steering column compressed to the right length. 
05-31-2006, 09:20 PM
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If you have an Advance Auto near you, they have a great kit on their tool loaner program. It had a few sizes of pitman arm pullers, ball joint pullers and tie rod pullers. I took my whole front end apart on my 71 without destroying a boot. You pay for it and get your money back when you return it.
06-01-2006, 07:40 AM
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G'day,
I've just seen the new Concept One steering box in the April Vette magazine. Looks to be the duck's guts. Anyone here know anything about it? Anyone seen one? Surely, this must be a better set-up than a Jeep box and a lot simpler to fit than a rack & pinion.
Look it up at www.conceptonepulleys.com.
Any takers?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
I've just seen the new Concept One steering box in the April Vette magazine. Looks to be the duck's guts. Anyone here know anything about it? Anyone seen one? Surely, this must be a better set-up than a Jeep box and a lot simpler to fit than a rack & pinion.
Look it up at www.conceptonepulleys.com.
Any takers?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
06-01-2006, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by aussiejohn
G'day,
I've just seen the new Concept One steering box in the April Vette magazine. Looks to be the duck's guts. Anyone here know anything about it? Anyone seen one? Surely, this must be a better set-up than a Jeep box and a lot simpler to fit than a rack & pinion.
Look it up at www.conceptonepulleys.com.
Any takers?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
I've just seen the new Concept One steering box in the April Vette magazine. Looks to be the duck's guts. Anyone here know anything about it? Anyone seen one? Surely, this must be a better set-up than a Jeep box and a lot simpler to fit than a rack & pinion.
Look it up at www.conceptonepulleys.com.
Any takers?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
06-01-2006, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Cris
FKING1:
How do you like the feel of the new box?? Was it a substantial upgrade?
How do you like the feel of the new box?? Was it a substantial upgrade?
Fred
06-01-2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 68roadster
Can an average guy with average tools do the install from Corvette steering? The car has no power anything and Hooker sidepipes.
06-01-2006, 06:58 PM
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Not Jeep box
BATMAN,
The article in Vette says...
"Concept One's power steering gear, meanwhile, is essentially an adapted version of the recirculating-ball unit originally installed in '99-'05 GM fullsize trucks. Concept One claims the gear provides superior durability and a lighter, more accurate feel similar to that of a modern rack-and-pinion system. It fits all '63 to '82 Corvettes."
So, does anyone here know anything about them?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
The article in Vette says...
"Concept One's power steering gear, meanwhile, is essentially an adapted version of the recirculating-ball unit originally installed in '99-'05 GM fullsize trucks. Concept One claims the gear provides superior durability and a lighter, more accurate feel similar to that of a modern rack-and-pinion system. It fits all '63 to '82 Corvettes."
So, does anyone here know anything about them?
Regards from Down Under
aussiejohn
