Re: [AMC-List] Quick ratio steering boxes

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i've got one here. was going to put into the American, but decided against as the fouth bolt is missing and my 73 box is only 3 1/4 turns lock to lock now. i think it will likely go into the Ambassador
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> " From: "Widiker, John D" <john.widiker@xxxxxxx>
> " 
> " Well it seems that the Saginaw steering boxes from Jeep Grand Cherokees
> " from 1992 to 1998 had 2.75 turns lock to lock. They use the same bolts
> " and pattern as the old boxes on our stuff.
> 
> not only that, they have a relatively stiff 'high feel' t-bar in the
> control valve.
> 
> i'm wondering if all jeeps had the fast boxes.  my gf's '01 cherokee
> has -very-fast- steering, though i haven't counted turns.
> 
> " They have metric fittings, but adapters are available.
> 
> you don't need adapters.  the fittings sit in inserts or something,
> which are removeable and replaceable with the old fashioned sae
> fittings.
> 
> you may run into coupling flange mismatch as iirc gm changed it some
> time in the mid '60s.  if your tempest is earlier...
> 
> another possible mismatch, though not serious: jeep bump stops are
> usually pretty wide, like amc.  you may find yourself cranking into
> the suspension or sheetmetal on the tempest.
> 
> " I'm going to go hunt down 2 of them (one for
> " AMX one for Tempest) and see how it goes together, wish me luck. I'll
> " report back if it ends up sucking.
> 
> we're all listening!
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