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ok on my 40 dodge im trying to remove the colum and i cant figure out how the heck to get it off i disconected all lincages and loosened the clamp i made it nice and loose but still cant get it out. so do i need to pull the stering wheel? is ther some kind of pin that holds the shaft to the stering box under the tube? thanks for any help.

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Don't know about the 40 Dodge, but on the P15's and I assume on the D24's there is a large rubber gasket bolted to the floor. Those have a very tight fit to the column. I had a steering column on just a chassis alone. When I tried to get that piece of rubber off (even when off the chassis) I could not budge it. Had to cut it off. So.........that may be your problem too. Don't get in a hurry and cut it off though. Those things aren't cheap to replace.

  • 2 weeks later...
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Are you trying to remove the just the column or the entire steering shaft and gears? Take the steering wheel off, unbolt the clamp under the dashm the firewall boot, the collar clamp (near the steering box) unhook the linkage, and you should be able to pull the column out. To take the steering box, unbolt from the frame, pop the pitman arm off (have to jack the car up pretty high the shaft comes out from the bottom) pull it out.

  • 3 months later...
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad nuze, but your steering column can only come out with the steering box. The worm gear inside the box is part of the shaft to which the steering wheel bolts. You can't get the column out and leave the box in the frame, unless you are going to completely disassemble the box and remove the sector shaft from it, in which case you could then pull the worm gear out of the top, but that's the hard way.

Unbolt the box from the frame, unhook the pitman arm from the steering linkage, and get the clamp off at the dashboard, then the whole enchalada will come out. You'll likely have to unbolt some floor boards to get the box room to come out, as well. It can be real fun.

Good Luck. Keep us posted on your progress.

  • 3 years later...
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I see that this is an old post , but I have been looking on here to try and figure out how to swap the steering gear from my parts car onto my driver. 52 Ply, mine is a suburban and the parts car is a sedan. Both 52s but the parts car doesn't have nearly the slop that my driver does.

If I am figuring this correctly I need to pull the steering wheel, then the pitman arm, then unbolt the box from the frame. Deal with the horn wire and pull the gear box along with the shaft out from under the car.

It looks easy enough, but the manual that I have doesn't give step by step to remove the gear, but does mention taking the wheel off.

Am I on the right track?

Posted

Getting ready to do it to my D29 and the box comes with the column, ofcourse why be easy! Steering wheel gets removed and out from underneath it goes!!!  Doc

  • 2 weeks later...
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OK, Got er done. Not that tough.

One problem, I put 90 wt in the thing on the bench, steered it a few times and let it sit for a couple of days, no leaks. Then put it in the car, test drive of about 5 miles and the 90 wt is leaking fast, I suspect it will be empty by morning. It looks to be leaking out of the end where the horn wire comes out.

The blow up in my manual shows that the cover will come off and there are shims, a spring, then a washer and seal.

Is this a difficult repair with the gear still in the car?

Or, Is there any thoughts of using grease or 600 wt lubes instead of the recommended 90 wt?

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Getting ready to do it to my D29 and the box comes with the column, ofcourse why be easy! Steering wheel gets removed and out from underneath it goes!!!  Doc

The only thing not discussed here is that I had to remove the toe board to get column housing down far enough to get the gear passed the lower control arm.

Posted

OK, Silly me.

I took the old box apart to take a look at how this seal worked. I found that there is a tube in there that runs up above the oil level. after looking at it for awhile I decided to pull the fill plug on the 'new' box. Lo and behold it was almost full.

The advise I can give if you are filling the gear out of the car make sure that the column is at an angle equal to the installed angle. I must have had it to steep when I filled it so when the angle was reduced to  installed specs the oil found its way to the top of that inner tube and drained down and out if the hole at the bottom of the column.

Shorter story, the lube found its own level after an inadvertent over fill.

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