steering box

[Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most loose steerings on our cars are from a worn out or misassembled coupler . The copperbronze shoes go the way that looks wrong  and it iseasy to missassemble them coupler should have no play. When wrong they have about 1/16 to 1/8 . I know I knw not yours  . I hear it eavery week when someone asks me but when i go and chck for them I almoost always find the box to steering wheel shaft coupler is loose.  After they get the box overhauled and all the suspension rebuilt and relieve themselves of a few hundred bucks they comeback and we fix it in 10 or15 minutes. Mopar dealers have the parts in sotck or did a year ago and trucks right into the 90s used the same coupler. I just buy the shoes , the spring and the orange ruber. if the pin is good i dont replace it because it is better left alone a unless it is worn which it rarely is. 
How to check? Grasp the steering shaft going to the steering wheel in one and and the coupler in the other. try to twistthem in opposite directions . If it is worn or misassembled the slop will be OBVIOUS. It is cetainly at the very least the first thing to check. Very few mechanics of the non mopar variety asemble these properly. They look like they should go the other way but that makes tem loose. Coupler can be serviced vey easily in the car without removing the box or the steering shaft. borgsen makes a better joint assembly if one wants to upgrade. 
Don
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