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- From: msl30@ccc.amdahl.com (Michael Lucash)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: How is the pittman arm/ steering bas connec
- Message-ID: <fcfS02jA1enF01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 13:04:32 GMT
- References: <9208201655.AA03126@sarse.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM>
- Reply-To: msl30@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Michael Lucash)
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- In article <9208201655.AA03126@sarse.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM> mrein3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Matt Rein #3) writes:
- >BTW, how much did the new gear cost? Around here the cheapest I can ever
- >find is $50 and you gotta look hard for that. The gear on my '71 Monte
- >pees out the fluid as fast as I can dump it in.
- >
- When I had to replace the steering box on my 1980 Cutlass we went down to the
- junkyard and picked one up for $25. Took about 2 hours to pop it in but we
- did have a few problems.
-
- You might consider buying new hoses which is what I had to do because the old
- ones were frozen in their treads.
-
- Mike
-
- Also, be very careful if you have to use force, read hammer, to get the steering
- box on to the steering shaft. The shaft is meant to crush on a hard impact so
- you wouldn't want to do that.
-