Steering box removal

[TroyaCantrell]

My rebuild kit for the Ross showed up so I got started pulling it out tonight. Anyone ever get the thing out without pulling the exhaust? It's a 66 CJ6 with the Dauntless Buick 225 V6 V6, stock forward dump exhaust too. What a pain!

 

[TroyaCantrell]

well i got it out! had to cut the exhaust on the driver side to get it though.

Now i am no master mechanic but i am pretty sure water is not suppose to run out of the steering box when you turn it over!

Now i need some help, the worm gear is toast, rusted an pitted so i am looking for a new one. Looking on line i am getting different info from places i am trying to order it from.

It measures 41.75" long. Online i am finding 41.5" but they say it doesn't fit with the V6.

Found this one but sounds too long.
STEERING WORM SHAFT, 42-7/16" LONG, FITS 1966-71 JEEP CJ5 , CJ6 WITH 225 V6 ENGINES

So can anyone confirm the correct length?

 

[tarry99]

Might be a good time to make that change to a Saginaw Box.

 

[TroyaCantrell]

Ha, would be nice but that is still a bit away, sadly.

Talked to the folks at Walck's and they have one that fit the V6, it is bigger than the non-V6 one i understand and is 42 1/2", a smidgen longer so I will have to figure that out when it gets here.

Also found that the new bearings that came in the kit, when the outer one is pressed in it compresses a bit and will need reamed out to the correct size. Suggested again by the team at Walck's.

 

[tarry99]

Ha, would be nice but that is still a bit away, sadly.

Talked to the folks at Walck's and they have one that fit the V6, it is bigger than the non-V6 one i understand and is 42 1/2", a smidgen longer so I will have to figure that out when it gets here.

Also found that the new bearings that came in the kit, when the outer one is pressed in it compresses a bit and will need reamed out to the correct size. Suggested again by the team at Walck's.

Troy,

I'm curious? When you say bigger. Describe what that is? Are you saying the gear itself is larger in diameter?
A little longer at the steering wheel end should be OK I think...........
And the reaming of the bearings...........or are these bronze bushings? Pretty hard to ream out a Bearing.

 

[TroyaCantrell]

Yeah, my bad, bushings.

The guy could never really tell me exactly what was different between the worm for the 4 cylinder and the V6 except that the V6 one was heavier. It is also longer but that is not what makes it the one for the V6.