When was the last time you checked?

tom-adc · Post by **tom-adc** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:22 pm

The level of oil in your steering box? Book says every 2000 miles but I'd bet its be ages for mine, took a goodly ammount of oil to top it off. Now this along with the lube job last week is making the steering effort even better, I'm going to play with the adjustment on the cross shaft in the morning. There is some slack in the wheel I think will adjust out. One thing lock to lock I don't feel any catches or flat spots so many it isn't to late

wide65 · Post by **wide65** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:30 pm

ummmm....whoops!

duracell · Post by **duracell** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:10 am

most don't realise that the seal for the shaft is bad so when they add gear oil it will leak out. so i took some advice and added white lithium grease (the kind you use for speedo cable's)to what was left in the steering gear. this thined out the lithium grease but kept it thick enough not to leek out any bad seals

MarsMonster · Post by **MarsMonster** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:20 am

What type of oil is the gear box suppose to take? I will check mine.

Mars

tom-adc · Post by **tom-adc** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:58 am

MarsMonster wrote:What type of oil is the gear box suppose to take? I will check mine.

Mars

Book says SAE 90 multi purpose gear lube or if it gets cold 80 wt I had some left over 85 wt so used it,
so far no leaks but it did have to go some place

If it leaks I'll do the white grease thing I have a tube of outboard lower unit grease that should work okay.

Underdodge · Post by **Underdodge** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:40 pm

I put a new rag joint in it took out a lot of the play

tom-adc · Post by **tom-adc** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:27 pm

Underdodge wrote:I put a new rag joint in it took out a lot of the play

Underdodge those available locally like kragen, Autozone etc?

Underdodge · Post by **Underdodge** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:42 pm

I got mine at my buddies brake shop,but it was a one size fits all should be easy to get about $15.00

tom-adc · Post by **tom-adc** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:42 am

Underdodge wrote:I got mine at my buddies brake shop,but it was a one size fits all should be easy to get about $15.00

Did an on line search of Kragen, Autozone, Napa & Rock Auto but no luck. Does your friend have a spare he'd put in the mail?

Underdodge · Post by **Underdodge** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:07 pm

Tom I did a search for rag joint came up with alot of hits try this one
http://borgeson.com/TruckProductDodge.htm or just try the red help isle in your better parts stores like Napa

duracell · Post by **duracell** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:18 pm

you can get the rag joint in the help section at auto zone,checker auto and equivalent. you will have cut through the old rag joint to remove the part that fits on the steering shaft though

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:25 pm

I bought my rag joint from Dodge, The one for the 71 or 72 and up was an exact fit. They didn't have the diagram for the 65 so they went to the oldest model they had in the computer.