steering box swap q's

[77amc]

Good morning. Would anyone know if you can swap the starquest steering box into the mighty max or d50 to have a quicker ratio?

Thanks..

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[77amc]

I know it looked the same but wondered if my truck being a 1ton would have a different spline count or something on that order that wouldn't let me finish the easy swap.

BUT, are the ratios different? Quicker or same?

I jsut wonder why my steering box is leaking from the top.. Since the motor is out i let the parts just hang there and the res is lower but the box is leaking???

You get the pic of the balljoints?
Is that what you needed?

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[DJpowerHaus]

How hard to find are the non-power steering boxes?

[77amc]

NON POWER?? I didn't say non power.. Both of mine are power..

I just need to know if the quest one is quicker than the maxs' one.
With a closer ratio and the quest rims, it should give better feel in that dept.

Old colt, Sure, whichever one i end up with, the other will be up for sale, just which one?

I guess i'll just put the ol visegrip on each and see how many turns it takes

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[DJpowerHaus]

I just can't get the DSM power steering brackets to work with the RWD water pump. Wanted to throw a non-power box on so Craig could drive the car around until I figured it out.

[Robert Venable]

DJ,
Power steering was a rare treat on the D-max's so you should not have any problems finding one without p/s to swap over.

[77amc]

Sorry, I dont' remember seeing DJ's post.
I'll try and pop the box off of the starion stuff.

And get those parts taken separated for ya.


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[DJpowerHaus]

Smog. From my experience with a Starion ratio box with the power steering not connected, you will hate life. Perhaps there is less drag with a non-power box, but still. The ratio is what it is on the non power steering boxes to overcome the mechanical disadvantage