Steering gear box (leak)

["Otis Davidson" <otisdavidson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Ed,(and List),

Where is your '69 Steering Box leaking? Chances are,it doesn't need to be 
replaced because of the leak.

Possibly it is leaking from the Pitman-arm seal. If so,a trustworthy garage 
should be able to easily replace the seal for you....and without removing 
the box. The Pitman-arm is the big,heavy arm which comes out of the bottom 
of the box and attaches to the Drag-link. A Pitman-arm puller is needed,as 
well as a huge socket(1-3/8?) and an air-impact gun. Whatever you do,make 
sure that no one ever uses a large balljoint/tie-rod splitter(a.k.a. 
Pickle-fork)to remove the Pitman arm. In that case,force(banging with a 
hammer) is used between the box case and the arm...putting enormous stresses 
on the bearings inside the box,ruining the bearings and gouging the case 
where the seal is....sometimes to the point where the seal cannot be 
removed.

Here is a link to the puller: 
http://buy.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?P65=yes&qt=1&INV_ONHAND=&FREIGHT=&qty=1&Item_id=10316&PartNo=CJ119B&Price=88.75&ListPrice=88.75&FORMNAME=1&Desc=Puller%2C+Pitman+Arm+%28Domestic+Cars%2FLight+Trucks%29&SUB_Cat_ID=1038660&SUB_Cat_NAME=Special+Automotive+Pullers&Cat_ID=1037997&Cat_NAME=Pullers&group_id=1245&group_NAME=Pitman+Arm+Pullers&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
  ...WOW! That is the biggest link I have ever seen!  A search of CJ119B 
will work too. This puller is about $88. Cheaper ones can be had....but take 
your chances.

You are better off bringing it somewhere to have the seal replaced...because 
the tools cost more than if a garage did it.

Steve from Albany,N.Y. <--we could use some of that "Global Warming" up 
here!
'75 Imp 4dr <--potential buyer looked at it yesterday. You want to drive it 
in the winter??!! Sorry buddy.
'79 440 powered 35 ft RV
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "EDWARD NOBLE" <NOBLEE@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: IML: Steering gear box
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 18:35:34 -0500

Dear list
Has anyone had experience changing the steering gear box on a 69 Imp?  I 
took the
car out for a drive yesterday and when I pulled back into the garage it was 
dripping
steering fluid from the gear box.  Checked the hoses and they are ok.  The 
guys at
Advance Auto say they can order me a unit but do not show a kit for the 
o-rings and
gaskets.  The FSM says the seals and gaskets can be replace with the unit 
still in the
car, this is what I would like to do if I could find the o-rings and seals.  
Any ideas would
be appreciated.  Also I just bought a 71 IMP out of an old junk yard out in 
the woods.
It looks as though someone parked it there  closed the doors and walked a 
way.
Everything is there and unmolested.  It does have a couple of dents and a 
little rust and
a lot of dirt but not bad for a car sitting in the woods for 15 or so years. 
  Don't know what
to do with it yet but at least I saved it from who knows what.
Thanks for listing your a great group.
Ed in Alabama
69 Imp
71 Imp




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