[tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
- From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:34:53 -0600
Ha! Too funny!
On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:41 AM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Whadya mean, “this time”?
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> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Steve Chamberlain
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 8:09 AM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:35 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Ok James; I screwed up again.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --- On Tue, 11/22/11, James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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
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> Has anyone had experience rebuilding a steering box on a splitty? Mine is
> leaking like a sieve.
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> 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.
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> Believe it or not this is the last thing I need done on this Bus to drive it
> long distance!
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