P/s Box Cross Brace

who is running one . is it off the bottom of the box or braced at the output ...I have a 4bolt box already i want more ...anyone have a picture ?

 

I've used a VW connecting rod as a clamp just above the pitman arm at the base of the box, then extended it over to the right frame rail below the crossmember. The lower part of the steering box is what needs to be braced.
-Donny

 

I made one out of angle iron and an exhaust clamp. Seems to help. My steering box mount kept cracking, but hasn't done it since. I'll get a picture tomorrow.

 

Best to brace it up as high as possible on the sector shaft housing.........as the lower portion is hollow and vacant of any strength..........I've seen plenty of boxes crushed there and turned into junk..........We have even been know to install a 2nd bearing in that cavity to add strength ( this picture has just one bearing and the seal ) from the seal up not much strength............Guys like U-KNOW-WHO that are tough on equipment need all the help they can get................

A piece of 1.250 x.125 wall Chrome moly and a pair L/R hand threaded Heim Joints makes for easy adjustment...

 

I have one and will get a pic for you

 

I made mine like tarry99s but i bought a steering box clamp from M.O.R.E.

 

my budddy's 82 cj8 . when it went on first maiden road trip . steering felt loose . more of a steering wheel float type of feel .
got back to house . with jeep in driveway . turned steering wheel . we were shocked to see the steering box rock back and forth sideways
order a MORE clamp . world of difference driving jeep

 

This is a terrific design. On some versions the split line is in line with the direction of deflection, which does not seem optimal. Your version also does away with the bolts that are in shear on the opposite end. Not that theyll break, but bolt holes are necessarily a loose fit so I can imagine the joined parts loosening.

 

Steering Brace (76-86 CJ)
Is this the one you are talking about? I don't see any listed for early's

 

do I know WHO?

 

you really should sell these little trinkets Terry

 

Try your special access code...............

 

Steering Box Clamp

I used this clamp with a couple heim joints and some dom tubing.

 

Ive been running this little guy for years.

Power Steering Gearbox Support Bracket Jeep CJ5 CJ6 72-75 CJ5 1972-1975 CJ

 

I will just build this …… thanks for all the ideas guys

 

A wise choice. I was surprised at the price jump, although i did buy it 9-10 years ago.

 

That is the one I put on my CJ6. Mine has power steering and I had to do some grinding on the box and the bracket to get a good fit, but it looks like it should work pretty well. I don't intend to do serious wheeling with this jeep and I mainly wanted something to help deal with the added load the 33's will likely transfer to steering parts.

 

I drilled a hole through a web on the box and slipped a 3/8 inch heavy duty exhaust clamp up as high as possible. I use lock nuts and don't get crazy torqueing them down so I don't crush the output tube of the box. I then welded a flat to correspond with the exhaust clamp bolt pattern, to a 1 inch square which I extended up to the opposite side frame rail. Inside the 1/4 inch thick boxed frame rail is a piece of 1/2 inch thick 3"x6" piece of flat that the brace bolts onto with 1/2 inch grade 8 bolts. This is on a manual box, but I will do the same when I convert to power steering. I'm hard on things too.