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Re: K1500 Steering Box Upgrade
Recently
completed the 300,000 changeover. Replaced the badly worn and seeping steering gear.
Wanted the 2.5 turn box. Got a 3 turn box, returned that. Took along the intermediate shaft to show that it was not the specified 2.5. This was after trusting the store and completing install. Took almost three weeks to get a true sport steering box. Checking every local stoore yielded a few 3 1/8, loads of 3.0, and a few 2 3/4 identified as sport steering boxes. Somewhere along the way a store called with the "holy grail" 2 5/8 gear. This is because they have respecified 2.6 as the "new standard" on thier website. Along the way i have climbed the corporate ladder to find someone to help. Eventually at the corporate office put me in touch with a kindred spirit who works at the rebuilder. I learned a lot, especially to be kind and always be persistent.
After almost three weeks I'm back in business with a wide stupid grin on my face. Now I'm thinking about DJM lowering front an rear 2 inches. Any more drop and I can't get it up my driveway.
The rag joint long ago was replaced with a double u-joint intermediate from a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Unless you want a nervous, jumpy and fidgety driving experience rebuild the rag joint. I like the precision and incredibly accurate point and shoot like driving a Lamborgini in a video game.
This is not the truck you want to drive cross country. When your vehicle gets 12MPG on a good day, it had better be incredibly fun to drive every day...
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