75 Steering Box Question (1 Viewer)

[KLXTroopy]

Hello all,
At the moment my 1999 HZJ75 Troopy has a pretty badly worn steering box. By 'worn' I mean that there is a lot of free play and it has got to the point where it is getting hard to drive. I have rebuild the box just recently and adjusted the screw/nut on top of the box which made no difference. I have an older power steering box out of a 1987 HJ75 Troopy that had a 2H in it and was wondering if they were basically the same thing or if one was better than the other. From a visual inspection the mounting pattern and pitarm is all the same, but the body shape and size of the box is a little different.
So the question is, will the older steering box work in my newer 75 series Troopy to the same ability as a newer unit?
Thanks to anyone who can help.

 

[sadam_husain]

should fit ok, its only when they went to the coil sprung front end they changed to a forward facing pitman arm steering box

 

[PATHnz]

Is it possible to rebuild a worn steering box to tighten it up? New parts?

 

[Locked79]

should fit ok, its only when they went to the coil sprung front end they changed to a forward facing pitman arm steering box

Not on the 70 series. The pitman arm faces rear to this day. On the 80's and 105's they face forward.

 

[KLXTroopy]

Thanks to the replies,
PATHnz, it is possible to get new internal parts for the box, but seeing as how I already have an older model steering box, I thought that I might be able to use that. I might just put the older one in and see how it goes.