Woke up early and put in another hour to mount my blinker and secure the wire harness along the apron. Fired her up to bleed the PS box and drove her to work to get it inspected
Well I hate to admit that this thing sat for 6 months, a head gasket failure on the 80 and other crap mothballed this project. Last night it came to life and I was able to assemble the box over the course of a couple hours.
The key for me was that I reread this thread again and noticed which...
The last o-ring to replace was the small one the sits in a recess in the cap where the ATF passes into the housing, nice and quick switch. Then I ran into trouble assembling the power piston into the housing. The new o-ring / Teflon on the outside of the power piston makes for a really tight...
Assembled the worm shaft into the power piston. After reading the thread referenced in post #9 I decided to take a different tack with the ball bearings. I inserted the worm shaft into the power piston about an inch and a half and started loading the ball bearings so that as I rotated the worn...
Noticed a gouge in the worm shaft, probably from its last rebuild, so I removed the old Teflon and rubber rings and filed out the burr before replacing those rings. BTW these rings don’t come in the Gates kit but are in the Toyota kit
After another month of 100+ temps it finally cooled off here and I got my lazy butt out in the garage. I used some 1,500 grit and a plastic shipping strap to polish up the cross shaft. Not perfect but it’s cleaned up and the wear ridge is minimal.
Got some of the seals and Teflon rings replaced. Used some hot water to soften the Teflon and also used some light grease to assist. The Gates kit I bought doesn’t have every Teflon ring so I’m going to hit the deck for the Toyota kit.
I also noticed I have a slight wear ridge on one of the...
Finally got a few minutes this afternoon to get a few things done. After reading the thread referenced in post #9 I decided I better count the ball bearings, wouldn’t you know I have 43 and it sounds like I should have 44. I’m pretty darn sure I didn’t lose one while disassembling so I need to...
Appreciate the input. I installed a Champion radiator to my truck a few weeks ago and it has an integrated cooler on the bottom of the radiator so I was planning to re-route my low pressure side to use that capacity for the PS system but had not thought of a heat shield. Definitely something...
Good evening all. A little over five years ago I ditched the OEM manual steering box for a mini-truck box in my 77. At the time it was one of those mods that leaves you wondering why you didn’t do it sooner. My truck is no show princess but more of a fairly clean rig that gets driven...