So just finished installing a NOS steering box from Ike, as well as doing his alternator conversion and several other odds and ends. Everything is great (very pleased with alt setup), except the steering!
I drove it with the wing still off, and there is still play in the steering (move the steering wheel and the wheels do not immediately turn). I tried the steering adjuster nut on the box slightly in and out......does tighten up the steering, but then of course it's too tight and, when making a turn, the wheels do not turn back on their own (so I followed what the Haynes manual said and turned the adjuster nut finger tight....pretty close to where it was when I first put the box in).
Any ideas what else could be an issue? The local LR specialty shop diagnosed the steering box......I may just have to take it back to them and ask them to sort it out.
Thanks,
Julian
I drove it with the wing still off, and there is still play in the steering (move the steering wheel and the wheels do not immediately turn). I tried the steering adjuster nut on the box slightly in and out......does tighten up the steering, but then of course it's too tight and, when making a turn, the wheels do not turn back on their own (so I followed what the Haynes manual said and turned the adjuster nut finger tight....pretty close to where it was when I first put the box in).
Any ideas what else could be an issue? The local LR specialty shop diagnosed the steering box......I may just have to take it back to them and ask them to sort it out.
Thanks,
Julian
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