[tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
- From: bbauer2000@xxxxxxxxx
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:19:34 -0600
While I agree with Mike on the rebuilt box, the split only cruise sounds lame.
On Nov 26, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> James!!!!! put in a rebuilt gearbox man up and drive it!!!!!! Tell me when
> and we'll cruz some where in both of our buses and pick up chicks! Well
> maybe just look at the chicks, I'm not ready to die just yet if June found
> out.
> We can be all split snobby and get only split buses to cruz with us.
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> On 11/26/2011 12:23 PM, James Dwan wrote:
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>> Bummer...
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>> From: chuck <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 10:19 AM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
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>> I don't think the 15 inch tires are available anymore from Hankook.
>> oleblue
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: James Dwan
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 10:08 AM
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Steering Box Rebuild
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>> The earlier bus is definitely a different animal. I'm still getting used to
>> the swing axle. I drove my bay for years on regular car tires being blown
>> all over the road until I found out about the Hankooks. Unfortunately I
>> absolutely have to have those B. F. Goodrich Silvertown 6.70-15 Load Range B
>> 4 ply white walls on this Bus so I'm sure I am a bit more wind driven
>> because of it but it makes me happy to look at them : )
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>> I had thought of getting some Hankooks for the trip down to Fredericksburg
>> and switching back to the white walls but I haven't been able to find a set
>> of wide 5 Bus wheels. Anyone wanna get rid of any just let me know!
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>> My steering box might be fine. This Bus was only on
>> the road for 11 years before it was hidden in a barn for 30 years. I think
>> we created the leak when we ran the new horn wire.
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>> I'll see if I can drive Robb's around in the wind before I go the rebuild
>> route. I will try and seal up the leak from the horn wire with a thicker
>> piece of rubber and if that doesn't work I'll try the Hylomar
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>> From: Steve Chamberlain <steveraychamberlain@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 8:08 AM
>> 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.
>> 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:
>> 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.
>> 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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