furious70
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Is this box adapted from some other OEM application?
A new fast ratio replacement PS gear
- Thread starter Geff McCarthy
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If you go on their website, I get the impression they do quite a bit of business with Ford. Maybe from that? Ask them.
Steve, I'll find you next month so you can check it out yourself.
Took me about 6 hours to this job in my 67 Charger. I had to remove the battery to pull the box out. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
shiftenscotty
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I have the same problem installed new lares gear box pitman arm dont fit all the way on steering coupler to short dogs stick a little has tight spots when turning. at wits end any ideas
You're not making any sense.
I put in a 11033, did you use the 11043 or the 33? The coupler for me was fine, I did notice it wouldn’t go up as far on the pitman arm, but I was able to torque it up and everything is tight.
shiftenscotty
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coupler was 1in to short was pitman would not tork up
shiftenscotty
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sorry for not makeing it clear the coupler was 1in short of going all the way down the splines and the pitman arm wont go near as far up the pitman shaft as on my oem steering box
On my wagon, 67, I put in the 11033 Lares box too. On the Pittman arm, they will not bottom out due to tapered fit. Both the arm and the shaft are tapered. When I got the nut cinched down, there is maybe one thread showing. As long as you have that, you're good to go. Are you using or re-using the skinny nut? On the coupler, you may need to loosen up the column on the dash to let it slide towards the engine some. The gal I was emailing with from Lares mentioned I may need to do some adjustments there. On mine when I took the old box out, I had to pull the column back some to get clearance between the coupler and shaft. Assembly was reverse of that. And on my car with Hedman headers on a 440, I had to thump #3 and #5 tubes. 3 for the box, 5 for the coupler. Also the coupler was a little tight sliding down on the input shaft. A little help from a dead blow helped. Got it down so the roll pin could go back in.
shiftenscotty
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thanks iam a big mopar guy changed my 68 charger r/t from manual to power never had so much hassle had my 70 cuda box upgraded to no problem this lares 11043 is real tight at center left or right then spins freely
The column shaft length is different between manual and power. Manual was longer. Not sure if you can collapse it some, others may know.
My box was tight at first, feels fine now. Also, I replaced both arms, 4 tie rods, 4 ball joints too. Added to the tight feeling.
My box was tight at first, feels fine now. Also, I replaced both arms, 4 tie rods, 4 ball joints too. Added to the tight feeling.
shiftenscotty
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ya replaced all tie tips ball joints to' ill get it done just sucks when you got to mod something that they swear will bolt in
Another item I just remembered. The shaft size and spline count were different between manual and power, if my memory is correct.
shiftenscotty
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yes they were different i sent the box back to summit. red head out of ID, said they could load close ratio gears in my houseing for 571 bucks sent them my oem box today
Did you use your original pump? I installed a Borgeson pump which has a pressure of 1350 psi and I think it's too much for the Lares 11033 I put in.
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