My steering has some play to it. Took a look at things and noticed that, while the bolt that attaches the coupler on the lower shaft to the steering box is completely frozen in place, the coupler itself can move up and down on the rag joint by about a half inch, maybe more.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OKQ8-5SWQQk
Before looking closely I assumed it was the shaft, so bought a replacement. But do you think the problem is actually the box? Unfortunately it's gonna be stupid hard to get the bolt off of the coupler to see what is going on. Hoping I can get a yay or nay on the box before doing that because, since I've already got another shaft, if I also need a new box I can just take that whole assembly out and not worry about it.
Also, assuming it is the box, I see a huge range of prices for replacements. Low end of about $150 for a remanufactured one, high end about $700 for a new Crown. Any recommendations? Would you trust a remanufactured box? Not doing any real hard wheeling at this time.
Cheers.
https://youtube.com/shorts/OKQ8-5SWQQk
Before looking closely I assumed it was the shaft, so bought a replacement. But do you think the problem is actually the box? Unfortunately it's gonna be stupid hard to get the bolt off of the coupler to see what is going on. Hoping I can get a yay or nay on the box before doing that because, since I've already got another shaft, if I also need a new box I can just take that whole assembly out and not worry about it.
Also, assuming it is the box, I see a huge range of prices for replacements. Low end of about $150 for a remanufactured one, high end about $700 for a new Crown. Any recommendations? Would you trust a remanufactured box? Not doing any real hard wheeling at this time.
Cheers.
