Steering Upgrades

[Galucha]

After much research on these forums, I settled on getting a redhead 12.7:1 steering box instead of going the rebuild route, and WOW what a difference. The steering feel is night and day difference compared to the old SPA-U box. Figured it was time since the old box had developed a pretty bad leak around the shaft seal and had about 2 inches of play at the wheel.

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You can see just how bad the leak was underneath.

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New vs old. I called redhead to order this box, but they didn't have any with the 12.7:1 gear in stock, so they built one and had it sent to me in the same week.

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New unit was a simple bolt-on upgrade with a new rag joint and hoses. Definitely need a helper or some kind of jack to lift the box up and get it aligned with the bolt holes. That was probably the hardest part.

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Tie rods had seen better days, so I went ahead and replaced those as well and applied a (light) coating of POR15 since they came bare. Next is to tackle the streetortrack coilovers that have been mocking me in the corner of my garage for the last few months...

 

[jowens1126]

I put a Redhead in my Bronco. Man what a difference. They do excellent work.

 

[Widowmaker00]

Looks good. Never heard of them before but then again I don't think I've ever shopped around for one before either. Gonna look them up, gonna swap to a manual box actually.

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[73pony]

Looks good. Never heard of them before but then again I don't think I've ever shopped around for one before either. Gonna look them up, gonna swap to a manual box actually.

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Just curious why you want to switch to manual steering? I had my PS box rebuilt and converted to quick ratio and I also went with a new pulley set up out front that allows me to run a wider belt set up and a different PS pump with lower pressure (got it from CVF Racing). So I still have power steering when I need it but not so much that you don't have any road feel.

 

[Widowmaker00]

Looks good. Never heard of them before but then again I don't think I've ever shopped around for one before either. Gonna look them up, gonna swap to a manual box actually.

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Just curious why you want to switch to manual steering? I had my PS box rebuilt and converted to quick ratio and I also went with a new pulley set up out front that allows me to run a wider belt set up and a different PS pump with lower pressure (got it from CVF Racing). So I still have power steering when I need it but not so much that you don't have any road feel.

Im going with an electric steering setup. No pump, no hoses, no fluids.
I work on electric steering assist vehicles at work often (many/most new cars are) and am very familiar with whats involved. There is a company that does kits, but I plan on making my own from a Toyota Prius, which has a stand alone ECU making it easier to wire up. I like the way the steering feels in these cars, plus you get assist even if the car isn't running.

https://epasperformance.com/

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