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Working on my 66 Dart 270 series. This car's been heavily modified and I plan on doing a steering upgrade as well. This was a factory manual steer car with shifter on the column. I've already modified the column to eliminate the column shifter and I've shortened the column housing so it just...

My 66 Dart has manual steering in it now. I have purchased a new Power steering box, Pump and bracket kit as well as a lower pulley. Should be everything I need to do that part of the conversion. I know i will need to change the steering shaft and coupling to make things work. I have what I...

Heres the update, After buying the rebuild kit from napa at $57 and seeing alll the small gaskets and reading as much as I could about rebuilding the unit I decided to return the kit and I went with a steering box from steer and gear. The cost with hoses and fitting was about $400. They gave me...

I called both gear and steer as well as firm feel. Both were around $460 with similar upgrades. One requires a core and one doesn't. Both have a 2-4 week back log. Going to think about that for a fee days. Cardone is around $125. All players require shipping as your responsibility. Probably...

65dsrtman. Do you have any contact information? Rod

Working on a 1966 dart, has manual steering but inqant to switch to ps. I have a ps box but I'd like to have it rebuilt before I put it on. Has anyone ever rebuilt a box, what's all involved as for special tools, should I tackle it myself or send it out? I got a rebuild kit from NAPA. I've neve...

Pishta, Im wondering what brand of headers you have and what problems would you have had? I have a set of TTI's and Im hoping i can still use the PS. I guess I should go out and look at my headers on the car and see what issue I might run into. Rod

Me Mike, you may be right. I checked with Napa and also a company called rare parts and all listings are the same for manual vs ps. I just thought I read once something needs changed but I guess I was wrong. Iblucked out and a friend gave me a power steering box. I'm going to try to put a seal...

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Looking for information for my 66 Dart. I am thinking about going to PS from the manual steering. I have a ps box and also a ps column and coupler. Was wondering if I would have to change any other items such as steering linkage? I thought i had read before that you do but didn't find anything...

Working on a 98 Dodge ram 1500 4wd. Ive checked the Ball joints, inner and outer tie rod ends, idler and pitman arm. All seem tight with no play. Wheel bearings are good and I dont see play in drag link. So Im thinking its time to make a steering box adjustment. The tires a new. The truck has...

Im not sure what year and model your cars is but on my 66 dart I had to go with a 6.5 backspace and mini tub along with the springs moving in. Im sure others will chime in. Best of luck Rod

Agree with everything that has been said. On my 66 Dart I did a mini tub but did not narrow the rear. Wish I had at least gone 1" or more on each side as I didnt have axles at the time and had to buy a set anyways. Also moved the springs in as well. Now my 15x10 with 6 1/2" BS just clears the...

Had to do the same thing on my 66 Dart. Yours looks great. Nice job on the fab! Rod

Bob, thats where the toughest decisions are made and the cost of refurbishing our cars go out of control. Its hard to decide where to stop when trying to make them nice. Yes, redoing these things are a pain but the costs associated with making everything shiney creeps up faster then one thinks...

I wasnt sure if this should go into the exhaust section or here in steering, but I am working on a 66 Dart with manual steering. I installed a set of TTI headers and I am going to be putting the steering column back into place. In trying to line up the coupling it appears that one of the header...

As you might have seen I couldnt find my new rebuild kit the other night. I have found it and when I went to install the new parts I found that the original pin that goes thru the shaft had a diameter of .335 and the new one is .330. That means that the new pin wont be tight so I cant use it...

I came home early today and went out to shed to lok with day light sun. I found it in the box i looked at 3 times last night. I guess old age isnt going to be to me! Lol Rod

A few months ago there was a member on here that was selling rebuild kits for the steering coupler. Since my column was out I thought I would do a rebuild so I bought the kit. Price was right, it was shipped very quick but now the problem......... I cant find it! I put it somewhere that I would...

Im thinking I might want to have the 8 3/4" rear in my 66 Dart narrowed do to clearance issues. I bought new axles from moser back about 15 months ago and havent used them yet. The few questions are: can I cut the splines shorter or would they need to be resplined once cut? Is narrowing...

I would keep all the good stuff as well. Swap them out! Rod

OK, sounds like I can weld into place! This was such a tough thing to understand at first because so many people describe this differently. Looking forward to getting this done and moving onto the next step of getting this thing on the road. Thanks Rod

Still not sure if I am where I should be in order to have a 6-8* drop after reading pishta's explaination. I think I am where I need to be. I set the protractor on balancer and had a positive 4-5*. I then set the rear at the same positive 4-5*. Then I rotated the rear housing an additional 6-8*...

I have new SS springs that have just been in installed. I plan on racing this car 3 -4 times a year. I will also be driving this on the street but not that often. My engine builder who also races has suggested 6* no less. I think I am there but dont want to weld if I am wrong? Thanks for all the...

Treblig, Thats the exact article I used to set up my thought pattern. It shows that the rear must run parallel to the transmission output shaft which is just an extended line from the center of the crankshaft. Using the balancer as a 90* reference and the face of the rear housing on a 90*...

Ive read all posts on setting the rear angle. I guess its time to weld my saddles tight and I want to make sure I have used the correct method to setting my angle. I know where I took the pictures I am a little on the strong side and have since moved it to be at 6* instead of 8*to 9* as it shows...

Just trying to get the rear end completed and Ive checked the torque specs for the nuts on the u-bolts. I see they are 45 ft lbs. I have aftermarket from mancini and was wondering if they should still be at 45. Also they came with nuts only and no lock washers. Should I use lock washers or just...

I posted last weekend that my torsion bar measured .855. I have a 66 Dart that had a 273 from the factory. nm9stheham posted a chart in my post that listed the .850 as a 110 lb/in spring rate. It was used in the 6 cy with AC & 318 no AC cars...

I am running the SS springs. I had not heard that before. Glad to hear I dont have to move them. Rod

So how far do you move the upper mounts? I didnt notice that in any of the threads I read about moving the springs. I havent moved mine yet so where do I find this information? Thanks Rod