P.S. box rebuild FirmFeel or Steer & Gear?
OR........
Ignore both of them and use a Borgeson from BERGMAN Auto Craft.
This isn't a shill....I have no stake in your decision.
My experience is that every Mopar steering box is saddled with a design flaw that is impossible to eliminate entirely. That is the dead spot in the middle of the travel. From these points:
From straight ahead to the 11:00 position and to the 1:00 position, the stock steering boxes all have some manner of play. Even rebuilds will have some, they only get worse as the unit wears. THIS was how my 15,000 mile Firm Feel Stage 3 was. It didn't leak or make noise but it had that sloppy feel in this range where the steering wheel turned with almost no resistance and the tires did not turn. Once I was past this range, the steering effort was firm and good. The problem was, any driving on curvy roads meant any turn that went from left to right included that change in feel where the wheel input gave nothing. It wasn't good.
Given the cost of the Firm Feel rebuilds, it doesn't make sense to spend the money for something that is only going to degrade immediately from the moment you install it.
If you have a cruiser car with no emphasis on improved handling and road feel, the stock steering box is fine.
If you are used to the feel of a later model car, the Borgeson will give you steering feel that closer matches what you've grown used to dealing with.
OR........
Ignore both of them and use a Borgeson from BERGMAN Auto Craft.
This isn't a shill....I have no stake in your decision.
My experience is that every Mopar steering box is saddled with a design flaw that is impossible to eliminate entirely. That is the dead spot in the middle of the travel. From these points:
From straight ahead to the 11:00 position and to the 1:00 position, the stock steering boxes all have some manner of play. Even rebuilds will have some, they only get worse as the unit wears. THIS was how my 15,000 mile Firm Feel Stage 3 was. It didn't leak or make noise but it had that sloppy feel in this range where the steering wheel turned with almost no resistance and the tires did not turn. Once I was past this range, the steering effort was firm and good. The problem was, any driving on curvy roads meant any turn that went from left to right included that change in feel where the wheel input gave nothing. It wasn't good.
Given the cost of the Firm Feel rebuilds, it doesn't make sense to spend the money for something that is only going to degrade immediately from the moment you install it.
If you have a cruiser car with no emphasis on improved handling and road feel, the stock steering box is fine.
If you are used to the feel of a later model car, the Borgeson will give you steering feel that closer matches what you've grown used to dealing with.
