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4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: Win94 on June 28, 2006, 08:15:01 AM

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: Win94 on June 28, 2006, 08:15:01 AM

Fellas, my 01 TJ is puking fluid at the steering box.  Whats a steering box worth??  Can one be bought at Napa or any other parts store or is this an OEM only type of thing?

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: Bnine on June 28, 2006, 10:14:51 PM

3 somethin with about a 60-80 core.

Think it ends up around 280.

In that neighborhood at least.

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: gcam on August 04, 2006, 07:56:16 PM

I got mine at Bumper to Bumper.  That cost sounds about right from what I remember.

Bumper to bumper sells steering boxes that are rebuilt in Manitoba, which I like.  Makes me feel like there is better quality than a foreign rebuilt unit. I was really pleasantly surprised by how much tighter the new box felt.

Hydrasteer (Pat's Driveline) can sell you a rebuilt unit as well, or rebuild yours.  For my XJ it was cheaper to buy one from Bumper to bumper though.

Geoff

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: Abrasive on August 04, 2006, 10:26:24 PM

Don't bother. It'l just start leaking again. TJ steering boxes are notorious pieces of crap.

Buy a steering box from a 98-99 V8 4x4 Dakota/Durango. It'll bolt right up, is much stouter than the TJ unit, and has a better turning ratio (3 turns lock to lock, as oppose to the TJ's 3.5, IMS)


Hope that helps.
Kris

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: HIWYH8R on August 04, 2006, 11:43:53 PM

Would that also work for a 94 YJ?

Title: Re: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: calltrex on August 05, 2006, 01:03:27 AM

Quote from: "Win94"

Fellas, my 01 TJ is puking fluid at the steering box.  Whats a steering box worth??  Can one be bought at Napa or any other parts store or is this an OEM only type of thing?

Put a durango steering box in. much better

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: Abrasive on August 05, 2006, 09:37:35 AM

Quote from: "HIWYH8R"

Would that also work for a 94 YJ?

Yes. As far as I know.

Title: Whats a steering box worth??
Post by: gcam on August 05, 2006, 09:56:02 AM

with regard to the dakota steering box...

On an XJ, you need to fabricate a spacer to move the box out about 3/4" more from the frame to account for the larger cylinder.  It will probably be the same for your application.  Also, asking around on other web sites, it seems that getting a box that still gives you the correct turning radius is kind of hit and miss.  Some guys that put Dakota boxes into their XJ's experienced a big difference in how tightly their vehicles could turn.

The dakota boxes I priced were about $140 more than the stock replacement XJ box, though I did find a low mileage one at a local wrecker for $270. Check www.car-part.com

For me, I got 9 years out of the factory box. I'm probably not going to disentegrate a replacement one too quickly.

Geoff