temporary loss of manual steering

I have a 68 cj5 with a add on telt steering column
I do not know what make or model its from

here is my question I have had the jeep for of a year know driving around town everything has been fine. I took it offroading for the forst time last weekend and on uphill climbs and not long climbs eather i would lose the steering just before the top then it would come back. It did this about 3 time all up hill.

I am not sure where to even start looking.

The only thing i see that might do it is a bell looking thing between the rod on the steering box and column I pulled on it trying to get it to come lose and nothing

help me out i am feeling stupid right know =)

 

does it have a rag joint on steering gear box . picture of steering would help

 

What they said. Sounds like a binding issue but not knowing what you have makes it impossible to accurately help.


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i dont know what setup i have any way to identifiy which

i am a newbie to jeeps

Its not binding it free spins no grinding just free spine then steering

 

I dont know if this will help but

there is an S in a box on top of what i would call the gear box

this is clearly a hack in job because they have cut the cross member to get the steering box in ( what i would call a gear box anyways)

 

I am not sure how to add picture to the post but i did make an album

 

You need to have your pics on a photo sharing site like photobucket. Then, copy & paste the link here.

 

Steering wheel lock is the only thing I can think of. Are you using the key in the column?

 

the wheel does not lock it free spines

no i am not useing the column key i dont think there is one but i have never paid attention

here are the pictures

http://s1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag130/dnm21498/

 

It looks to me like you have a manual saginaw steering conversion.

If the steering wheel feel temporarily disconnected (as you say free spins) then my guess is that one of the splined shaft connections is being pulled out of engagement when you pull on the steering wheel to hang on going up a steep incline.
Can you feel in and out movement of the steering column if you pull up on the steering wheel? (Do this while parked!!).

I have seen some steering column swaps done poorly that pay little attention to anchoring the steering column to the dash or floor structure. The sheet metal dash of a stock Jeep offers little rigidity for an anchor point. The lower end of the steering column should be anchored solidly to the floor structure if there are no braces to the dash anchor point.

The steering column MUST be solidly mounted. If yours is not, then FIX IT while you are still alive.

Don

 

very little movement in the column

I tried pulling on it couldnot get it to disconnect

 

If it moves at all that is not good.

 

I am talking less than 1/16

 

x2. Then you can see exactly what's going on.

 

ok great idea

If this turns out to the the problem what do i do

 

Try wedging the wheels against a curb and attempt to force the steering while someone watches to see what moves and what doesn't?

 

I jacked the front end off the ground tried eveything i could think of and nothing

Any new ideas