There's probably a way to do it that I didn't know about, but here's what I did:
When I removed mine, I had to take the steering wheel off to remove (upwards) the outer "jacket" cylinder that goes down and surrounds the steering wheel's shaft and has a bearing near the top that the shaft pivots in. By pulling the cylindrical "dust cover" that runs from wheel to box, pulling upwards, you expose the steering shaft to box connection. Dis-connection is self evident at that point.
You then take the nut off the end of the pittman arm. I used a hammer to pop the idler arm off of the pitman arm, and left the arm on but whoever rebuilds will have to pull it to get at that lower seal. If you're not rebuilding it I would not bother and try to get your money's worth out of the rebuilders. Be certain that it gets reinstalled at 0 and not off to the left or right of TDC or whatever you call the orientation on a steering box's pittman arm...
Before removing the box, use a scribe or something to mark the present location of the steering box. My 1960 had some metal wedges in between it and the frame. I regretted not marking them and their locations and had to realign the front end if memory serves.
I also remember having a heck of a time getting the steering colmn parts back in the right order and orientation so that there wasn't any vertical slop if you pulled up on the wheel, and I lost the self-cancel feature of the turn signal because the cam was no longer lined up with the turn signal cancellation striker or whatever you call it. There were some washers and things up at the top that put me through fits trying to re-assemble, but you're probably smarter than I am about that stuff. It really only happens to me I've heard.
I would lay out a white piece of paper or cloth and drop the steering column parts onto it in order and orientation if I did it again.
-Kenyon
commenace@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I just pulled the engine and trans out of my '65 Le Baron and now I need to pull my steering box and send it out to have it rebuilt. To be perfectly honest, I can't tell at all how to pull it, My shop manual does not even begin to explain how to pull it. First of all, it seems that the pitman arm has to come off completely. Is this correct? If so, any tips on doing that? Second, I can't tell how the box connects, or rather disconnects, from the steering column shaft spline. How does that work? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx. John.
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