hard steering saginaw

[Mace]

Sag boxes can stand some pretty good abuse. If anything wore out, it was the teflon seals.

 

[bsilva132]

did that today, works flawless, I guess next step is to rebuild the box

the rebuild kit is cheap (IIRC ~$25) and is fairly straight forward. This is a pretty good thread on how to do it:
Saginaw Box Rebuild - How To! - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board

 

[capt.rick]

Has anyone had to change the pulley size to get more rpms out of the pump,, it seems that when im on the throttle ( in 4 wd, trying to conquer an obstacle) steering is a lot easier both right and left. and do I go larger to get more rpms..

 

[Tapage]

I did ..

and thought maybe I did too much ..

in the center the stock p type pulley ..

 

[waiting for time]

Has anyone had to change the pulley size to get more rpms out of the pump,, it seems that when im on the throttle ( in 4 wd, trying to conquer an obstacle) steering is a lot easier both right and left. and do I go larger to get more rpms..

Smaller on the pump gives you more rpm.