[tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
- From: Steve Chamberlain <steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:08:34 -0600
James, I agree with Will, if you are planning to drive the bus get a
rebuilt one. That being said I replaced my steering box with a WCM rebuilt
one that felt better at first (physiological) but now for every mile down
the road I go 1/2 mile sideways. Everything under the front end is new
except the center pin (that is next project) and Hankook tires but Dennis
is right this time it's still an old bus.
Instructions on my 'new' one said to use mixture of 90W gear oil with STP.
Gear oil is too thick but STP thins it down to lubricate without leaking.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:35 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Ok James; I screwed up again.
>
> The early steering box DOES NOT HAVE A PLATE DOWN THERE. I have the front
> of my panel up on jack stands doing brake work, so I looked closely and
> pulled the two 10mm head 6mm bolts out. They only hold a small bracket
> that holds the horn cable. The box is all one part there, unlike the later
> boxes which have a removeable plate. BUT, what I did find is that the horn
> cable appears to just have a rubber seal of some sort around the cable that
> apparently is supposed to keep the gear oil from leaking out. Look closely
> at yours. It sounds like to me (after closely looking at mine) that you
> are leaking the gear oil out from around the horn cable. There is
> basically no other place it could leak out down there. If so it looks like
> you could give it a good coating of something like permatex #2 and stop the
> leak. Or maybe try to cut a small rubber tube slit down the side and try
> to push it in around the horn cable and then coat with permatex.
>
> After closely examining the early steering box on my panel I can see only
> 3 possible places for a leak: Around the seal for the main shaft going to
> the pitman arm (normal place for a leak), around the horn wire coming out
> of the bottom of the box, and around the side plate of the box (on the left
> side and bolted to the main body of the box. I seriously doubt it could
> have a leak from #3 but you could try tightening the bolts up to proper
> torque.
>
> Also: If you read the stuff on the Samba about gear oil in the box there
> is a bunch of stuff about guys just filling it with grease from a grease
> gun. I have never filled mine on the panel because it is already full.
> But I stuck a probe in there and it appears to be a really thick grease
> like a mixture of chasis grease and 90 weight gear oil. You might try that
> also. The VW manual does call for regular 90 weight gear oil for the
> steering box.
>
>
> --- On *Tue, 11/22/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote:
>
>
> From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Steering Box Rebuild
> To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 9:21 AM
>
> Has anyone had experience rebuilding a steering box on a splitty? Mine
> is leaking like a sieve.
> I was told by a local mechanic that there is no literature available on
> the size of the seals in the box and the best way to do it would be to take
> it apart and source the parts after removing them to get measurements.
>
> Believe it or not this is the last thing I need done on this Bus to drive
> it long distance!
>
>
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