I believe you can just replace the seal & can do it without pulling the
whole box out of the truck. Get (rent or even leave deposit/credit card @
some FLAPS for free) a Pitman arm puller. Mark & pull the Pitman arm from
the steering box. The seal should be right under the arm in the box
casting. I got just the seal from Jim Carter's. Pull the old, press the
new, put the Pitman arm back on to torque & go.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
-----Original Message-----
From: craig k <soundex@eden.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] drippy steering arm seal
>>Had read on the list, a while ago, to use grease (or a mix of grease &
>>gearbox oil) instead of straight gearbox oil. The steering box never gets
>>hot enough that grease won't lube it just fine & it will never leak
through
>>the same holes that the gearbox oil will.
>>
>
>Yeah, I'm running a mix of moly grease/gear oil already; the seal is so bad
>that this stuff even leaks!
>
>Craig K
>70 Neunsitzer
>65 Pritschenwagen
>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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