Has anyone actually broken a steering box?

MRGTX said
I just noticed that Flaming River (and possibly others) advertise their manual steering box as being stronger than the stock one.

That sounds fine...but what the hell kind of gorilla would it take to break a stock one? Or...am I underestimating the strength of some component here?

Have you broken one? How did it happen? Is the upgraded box worth the extra couple hundred bucks over a (reman?) eBay piece?
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I can see a steering box being damaged in a serious front end collision. I have cracked a steering box mount on the k-member on my 66 cuda. Big tires, manual steering, and parallel parking in urban confines can contribute to that. Stg box bolts coming loose can contribute to that too.