Manual Steering Box Rebuild Questions

64 SRT8 Dart,

Please post photos. I would love to see the insides of a manual box. I have one on the 64 Valiant I bought a few months ago and would like to know what I am getting into. Indeed, I have the Pitman arm off right now, rebuilding the steering linkage. I wasn't thinking of touching the box, but your work is encouraging me. I rebuilt the power gear box in my 65 Dart a few years ago and wasn't too hard (see my post). That beat shipping it somewhere and back and fretting losing it, plus the seal kit was cheap. Manual boxes are even rarer and more expensive.

Moly wheel bearing grease is very smooth and kind of liquid looking. Much different than old fiber grease. The John Deere grease above also looks good. I would even consider bicycle bearing grease. It comes in cans like wheel bearing grease and must be top quality for finicky bicyclists. Indeed bicycle ball bearings seem a very similar application to the manual steering box recirculating balls, plus I have a can at home.