Power steering lines
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Joined: Feb 2018
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Lol, tried that and it didn’t work. You can’t even imagine the amount of pressure my neighbor (a retired Port Authority mechanic with 35 years under his belt) and I had on it. Tried tapping, eventually gave up. Not a big deal, like I said pitman arms are cheap
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Joined: Jun 2020
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From: Tennessee
There's a tool for that. A small press tool.
And while damaged fluid line threads being cross- threaded are on the table, a machinist showed me a trick for fixing damaged threads. There was a large shaft in a lathe with damaged threads but not so bad they had to be machined. He threaded a large nut over to the damaged area then to my shock, got a 2 pound hammer and alternately hit and turned the nut and hit it again. The impact force must have pushed the threads back into place.
That might work with damaged gearbox threads by screwing a new nut in and tapping it with a hammer.
And while damaged fluid line threads being cross- threaded are on the table, a machinist showed me a trick for fixing damaged threads. There was a large shaft in a lathe with damaged threads but not so bad they had to be machined. He threaded a large nut over to the damaged area then to my shock, got a 2 pound hammer and alternately hit and turned the nut and hit it again. The impact force must have pushed the threads back into place.
That might work with damaged gearbox threads by screwing a new nut in and tapping it with a hammer.
Good luck getting the pitman arm off. When I installed the 9 to 1 box in my truck I had the same issue. After an attempt to remove the arm with a good snap-on puller and a **** load of torque applied, it never moved.
There are probably easier ways to remove it, but pitman arms are cheap and I found it easier just to put a new one on.
Btw, since you’ve decided to replace the box, if I were you I’d definitely upgrade to at least a zq8 box
There are probably easier ways to remove it, but pitman arms are cheap and I found it easier just to put a new one on.
Btw, since you’ve decided to replace the box, if I were you I’d definitely upgrade to at least a zq8 box
Does it work for a 4WD and could you link where you got yours?
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Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Ontario canada
It does work on 4x4. I bought the whole truck with the steering, there is someone about an hour away selling a zq8 suspension, but that's up here in canada. If you want a remand one, or one out of a truck, might have to go to local u pull or such. Zq8 is the rpo code you are looking for.
It does work on 4x4. I bought the whole truck with the steering, there is someone about an hour away selling a zq8 suspension, but that's up here in canada. If you want a remand one, or one out of a truck, might have to go to local u pull or such. Zq8 is the rpo code you are looking for.
I went ahead and traveled the two hours to the junkyard and purchased a ZQ8 from an s10 and two ZR2 torsion bars! I think it was 50 bucks a piece for the bars and 45 for the box. The box has 96K miles on it but I'm sure itll be fine.
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Nice, good find on the zq8 box, you’ll notice a huge difference. Another nice improvement would be an Xtreme front sway bar and urethane bushings for it. If you do that make sure you’ve also got a rear sway bar or you might push going into turns
Coolio! Would these be a junkyard find as well or can I buy them new?
