Ramsey
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- Shreveport, LA
Well I've only bled it so far, but it seems to have more power than the agr box (ram with both) and missing the ball hasnt caused any immediate problems.
turbophein said:just finished my setup, and my wheel has a ton of play...
i can turn my steering wheel about 1/3 of a turn before it starts moving my wheels????
FYI, just installed d44 front and rear, rebuilt the entire front assembly, bearings, gears, ball joints, tie rods, hydro ram assist and a steering box rebuild.
there was some play before but now its not driveable, i tried adjusting the steering box screw in and out all the way with no difference, just made it tighter or looser to turn. me and my cousin rebuilt the box, it was our first time but it went smoothly, everything worked and turned fine, no binding nothing, all the balls were in place. i just don't understand is there something me missed in the rebuild that would cause that much play, i am just frustrated, i thought i was done with this build for now, after 5 months of alot of money and work. i'm lost as what to do now except remove the steering box again, maybe it has air in the system, i raised my front end and turned the wheel left to right a bunch of times and added fluid as needed, is that right??? i have not lost any fluid yet.
any help would be great thanks!!!
darincraft said:Not to resurrect an old thread (not like anyone should care this is a great thread), but what about mounting the ram on the pitman arm and to a bracket somewhere on the passenger uniframe rail? That would place all of the load across the entire steering system, however it would also place a fair amount of the load on the steering box mount.
Just an idea to throw around.
turbophein said:i am 99% sure we had 22 balls, all the same, no big and small, i did tons of reading before we did it, and found others had the same setup, without the alternating ball size.
i removed the drag link from the pitman arm, and checked it myself as i turned the wheel, with my stock steering wheel, it moves about 10 inches (OD) before the pitman arm will move in either direction, i think i am going to install my block off plugs i bought for the steering box, and remove the ram and see what happens.
as for how we rebuilt it, we used this link for everything, its been about 2 months since we did it, i just got the ram welded up a couple days ago, i don't remember every detail anymore.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/drivetrain/129_0801_saginaw_steering_box_rebuild/index.html
thanks for the reply