Steering box options

[dusterbd13]

May wind up in a 95 c1500 after insurance totalls my 64 el Camino.

Im used to good steering boxes, and have lately been using a lot of jeep grand Cherokee quick ratio boxes.

Anyway, a little research has me a bit confused about junkyard options for these trucks.

What fits? S10 zq8? Trans am ws6? Jeep grand Cherokee? Are later trucks equipped with better boxes?

Truck already at 5/6, with 1 ton suburban sway bars. Reg cab stepside sport model.

 

[jasons99hoe]

why change steering box? stock works fine.

 

[Rock Hard Concrete]

why change steering box? stock works fine.

Because the stock box has excessive amounts of play?

Redhead makes the best boxes for these trucks but be prepared to pay a pretty penny.

 

[magimerlin]

As mentioned above... redhead is the best but can get pricey but if you want the tightest here it is.
https://www.redheadsteeringgears.com/product/1988-1996-chevy-gmc-pickups/

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[RichLo]

Yep, I have a redhead quick ration box and love it, much better than stock and any quicker would almost be too responsive for a pickup

 

[BOTTLEDZ28]

WOW. $300 dollars for a rebuilt steering box? Realistically, how much better is this Redhead box versus a new unit off the parts shelf? Is it worth the extra couple hundred bucks?

 

[deadbeat]

Yes it is much better, my father put 3 off the parts shelf units on from O'rielly and the labor alone after the 3rd one was enough to make him not worry about a few more dollars. The off the shelf units were tight, didn't re-center and 2 of them leaked. Once they gave him one that wasn't the 97-99 so it would not cut as fast or as sharp.

 

[slowburb]

WOW. $300 dollars for a rebuilt steering box? Realistically, how much better is this Redhead box versus a new unit off the parts shelf? Is it worth the extra couple hundred bucks?

Yes it's worth it.

 

[RichLo]

Very worth it! Replace once and forget it

 

[jasons99hoe]

i will look into that if i need to but luckil

Because the stock box has excessive amounts of play?

Redhead makes the best boxes for these trucks but be prepared to pay a pretty penny.

makes sense. i have seen it a few times. i was thinking more about the quick ratio vs stock turn ratio. but i totally see the bennefit of removing slop. i could see it helping with 4 wheeling tho