Saginaw Power Steering (pics) Please Add Yours!

Ah, yes, Thankyou, I was worried I had a defective gear case.

 

Did the radiator clear the steering gear without any modification ?

 

No. I had to clearance the bottom of the radiator with a BFH.

 

BFH.

 

Thanks.

 

Most of the parts I used came from AA. Gear box from a J10 truck. Column is a GM clone. I hate chrome but it was scratched and got it for half price.
Only have 2 rotations of the wheel from stop to stop. It steers easily and smooth even without hydraulics connected. No bump steer. I don’t like the angle from pitman arm to passenger knuckle. If I were to do it again I would do the tie rod flip, and use a shorter drop pitman arm to get the hydraulic connections inside the grill and correct the geometry. For now it works better than the Ross. I’ll be looking for a narrow 30 axle and redo the box location and pitman arm down the road. Column is captured at the floorboard/firewall with a steel plate and a muffler clamp. Captured at the dash with 2”x3” angle iron and a muffler clamp. From the angle iron inside dash I attached 1 1/2” x 3/16” flat to the firewall and another to the hood hinge bolt under cowl.

 

Looks good! Might keep an eye out for a shorter pitman arm with a drop and your floorboard plate could use a sandwich plate on the underside of the tub.

 

I picked a wrangler pitman arm. Between flipping the tie rods and the 2” drop in the arm it should be really close to perfect. I also think the shorter arm will slow the steering down.

Great idea on the sandwich!

 

I'll just leave this here.
https://forums.4wdmechanix.com/topic/222-installing-a-pitman-arm-correctly/

 

If at first you don't succeed...
Weld on another... Or drill a thousand 1/2" holes by hand in 1/2"plate. step out the frame holes for bushings and hope they line up when finished.
(I am not cutting that old bracket off any time soon)

 

Hole saw mighta worked better,,, less resistance, and high flow



to the ground….

have me several BFH kenetic persuaders