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Steering shaft to short for power steering box
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mattrm32
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Mar 14, 2013, 12:13 AM
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Steering shaft to short for power steering box
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i have a 97 ford f150 with the 5.4 L in it. i recently have replaced my power steering box, due to a very bad leak. everything was going as planned till i installed the new power steering box. was hard to get the pittman arm onto the unit so i pulled the steering shaft out to allow me to have more of an angle. At this time it worked i was able to get pittman arm on and install the box. At this point i go to install the steering shaft to the power steering box and it's a good 1-2 inches to short. Now i can only think of two things that could of gone wrong. first one did i buy the wrong power steering box, i doubt because everything matched up perfect and according to advance auto parts it was a perfect match to my previous one. the last option i can think of, is when i installed the steering shaft back in, i could of pushed it up to far. so i figured i try to pull it down and yeah it wont budge at all. and when i initially pulled it out, it was rather easy. so did i jam it up there way to much and if so whats an easy way to get it down a few inches to give me the distance i need to attack it back to the power steering box? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks
Matt
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Hammer Time
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Mar 14, 2013, 3:18 AM
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These are not mistakes that should ever happen. The boxes should have been matched up and a difference that big should have been very obvious. If you just don't know where to bolt it back up, then you never should have touched this truck. You may have a tow truck in your future and leave the repairs to the people that know what they are doing from now on.
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mattrm32
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Mar 14, 2013, 5:43 PM
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actually i was perfectly capable of installing this myself. after looking at it closely the shaft was wedge up to far about inch and a half, i did compare both boxes and they did match up, and i do know were the bolt is how u think i took it off. i appreciate u even responding, but if u had no suggestions why exactly did u respond but to rub it in my face and tell me i'm going to need a tow truck and i should pay a mechanic 800 dollars to fix something as simple as a power steering box. oh btw. it's fix works perfect took me 5 min to fix it once i figure out the problem. have a good day
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Hammer Time
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Mar 14, 2013, 5:47 PM
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I'm not the one that couldn't figure out how to install the steering box that he just took off.
Dumb questions get dumb answers
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