Re: IML: 1962 Steering Box Seals

[Eric Risse <erisse@xxxxxxxxx>]

I got a seal package for the steering box on my car
from a chrysler dealer, all 1957 to 1989 RWD cars with
power steering use the same seal kit, and the same
steering box(with different pittman arms) The seals
between the steering valve and the gearbox were bad on
my 69 Newport, and leaked fluid as fast as you could
pour it in. The kit included these, as well as new
seals for the spool valve, but i'd leave the spool
valve alone unless you know its leaking (pulls to one
side), if they arn't installed perfectly, your car
might pull to one side if the two sides dont seal
perfectly equally (speaking from experience) I had my
mechanic install them but the car pulled to one side(
a few weeks break in fixed it) 
The boxes also tend to leak from the pitman shaft at
the bottom, if the shaft is scored from grit, a new
seal might not fix the leak. my '73's had that
problem. Rebuilt Chrysler steering boxes should be
available but your old pitman arm would have to be
re-used. it takes a fairly big press to swap pittman
arms, i hear. The factory manual has good info on the
steering box also

Eric Risse (69 newport (for sale) and 73 lebaron
(parts car)
--- ghquimby@xxxxxxx wrote:

>  Dear list,
>  
>  I need a steering box seal kit or a whole new
> steering box for my 1962 Imperial. I tried ordering
> a seal kit from "The Water Pump Factory" in Lubbock,
> Texas, but it's been two weeks and the package has
> not arrived and they have not given me a clear
> answer as to where my package is.
>  
>  Can anyone suggest somewhere else where I can order
> these parts from?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Graham Quimby
>  1962 Crown Coupe
>   
>
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