Took a break from construction work and decided to change out the steering box on the Ghia. It was steering like a boat, so I picked up a new box for it. What a pain in the ass removing the old box turned out to be. Had to unbolt the gas tank retainers and prop the tank up just to get the old box out The ball joints, all the tie rod ends and the pitman arm joints looked good, so I won't be replacing them now, even though I have all new replacement parts on hand, but will be installing a new steering dampener.
Old box:
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Prepping new box (filled it with white lithium grease and painted it to keep rust at bay):
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Cleaned up old parts for re-use:
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New dampener - needed it, the old one was real sloppy:
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Will be installing the new steering box after I finish cleaning up and giving the suspension & braking components a shot of new paint