5/6/2021 0 Comments Manual Steering Box S10
Ok, I just left the junkyard and I have them run me the parts interchange for a 1979 Nova manual gearbox.Ive heard alot about changing over to the manual S-10 sterring box.I was wondering who has done it and if you have any pictures of it on your car.Yeah, Ive done it.
Search this forum for manual steering box or s-10 manual steering and you should find some info about it. Heres your options in a nutshell assuming you are working with a 70-81 2nd gen camaro that came factory with power steering: 1) find a manual steering box out of a 85-91 (might be okay clear up to a 93) s-10 pickup (the cover should have four corner bolts, rather than 3) Use your current camaro power steering pitman arm on this manual box. These 85-91 S-10 manual steering gears have the same sized pitman shaft as your power steering box allowing you to re-use your pitman arm. There are some other vehicles that came with a manual steering box that will work (some amc, jeep), check out the larescorp.com catalog, look for their 1275 and youll see a list of potential donor vehicles that the steering gear came in. GM 70-79 passenger car or 82-84 manual steering gear. Option 1 is popular because its a direct bolt-in with your existing pitman arm. Option 3 is what I did because I was able to find a 75-79 nova manual pitman arm. Steering Box S10 Full Size TrucksWhen looking for a manual steering gear for option 2 or 3, make sure you avoid the ones that came in full size trucks, they have a different mounting pattern. Also, if your camaro is pre 77 with factory power steering, you will need a steering coupler to adapt to the smaller shaft of the manual steering box. I found some info on it, but wanted to see what my options were. My friend owns a local junk yard and I can get pretty much anything (within reason) for free. For instance, Im going to be getting my S-10 rear disk conversion for free, as long as I pull them. We used to call manual steering Armstrong Steering because if the vehicle wasnt moving, your arms better be strong Once underway, you can hardly tell the difference EXCEPT when you get into trouble and need to do some REAL fast manuvering. I guess its not what you know.at least not all the time Click to expand. Im on the lookout for a good deal on a manual steering gear from an 82-84 S-10 (3 bolt cover) as mine has some pitman arm shaft movement causing it to wander a bit at highway speeds. Id also consider one from a 85-91 S-10 (4 bolt cover) as I do still have my power steering pitman arm on the shelf. If I dont find one I might loop my factory power steering box for now. Anybody have pics of their looped power steering box or the S-10 manual box install.
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