Where would one get the parts to convert a standard ratio manual steering box to a quick ratio? Also how much would one expect to spend?

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It's about $200 for the 20:1 ballnut, and $30 or so for bearings/seals. Easy to do yourself and a nice upgrade.

Lou

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Are there any special tools needed to do the job? I was planning to just buy a new 20:1 manual box from Firm Feel until I saw the price (and the fact that I don't have a core to send them), so I decided to try to find a junker manual box and rebuilt it myself.

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me

Just to interject, the 20:1 setup is medium-ratio, with 4½ turns lock-to-lock. The quick-ratio setup is 16:1, with 3½ turns lock-to-lock. And the standard setup is 24:1, with 34¼ turns (OK, it's "only" 5¾ turns) lock-to-lock.

I like the 20:1 setup. I can live with the 24:1 setup if no super-twisty roads are involved. The 16:1 setup is a damnuisance to live with unless you always only ever go straight.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Make sure to call and confirm they still have some, recently I was asking and they said they were out of the 20 and 16:1 ratio stuff...

-D.Idiot

That's what happened to me just last week.


www.steerandgear.com have them in stock, and they said they would accept power steering boxes WITH the pump and mounting brackets as the core charge for a manual steering box.

The very early a-body cars had 4 1/2 turns standard, but it was a different steering gear; made by Saginaw? I wonder if it is interchangable in the chassis with the later Chrysler-built steering gear, would you have to change the pitman arm too, and if so, what other cars might have used the early steering gear to help locate an interchange. Saginaw is GM, isn't it?

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1964 Dart 225 1966 Valiant 225
1966 Dart 273 1966 Barracuda 273
1969 Dart 225
'64-170 engine '66-170 engine
(two) 198 crank/rod sets in custom-fitted wooden boxes

wooden motor scooter with hybrid-electric drive

Dart 270, can you recommend a good source? Looks like steer and gear wants about $400 for 20:1 gears, and $35 for seals. Esspensive.

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/6 '67 Barracuda convertible, electronic ignition, 4-OD, street cam, SBP KH discs, 3.55 SG 7.25" 1" t-bars. Bilstein.
340 '67 fastback, Doug Nash 5-speed.
1988 Toyota pickup work truck

I usually don't push stuff I have on eBay, but I do have a 20:1 worm and ball assembly on there now. Last I checked you could get the same part from Mancini Racing for $234.95, but my auction is starting at $100 with no reserve.

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Joshua

Yep, Mancini, or Josh...

Lou

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Man I wish I coulda caught you before you put it up on eBay. I'd have bought it from you!

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me

What's wrong with bidding? It will likely still save significant money over Mancini Racing.

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Joshua

I can't get onto eBay from the government computers here at work

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me