Steering & General Suspension How to's and Useful Threads

[Dragginbody]

tilt column repair how to

replacing idler arm how to

shock talk

sway bar talk

[ProTouring2.2]

how about the rag joint replacement how to?

[Dragginbody]

got a link to it?

[ProTouring2.2]

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f178/h...-joint-288516/

post #21

[Dragginbody]

make a separate post with pics and i can add it.

[Hogwash]

What about power steering..........stuff?? I dont have a link thats I posted this.

[Old_Guy]

The shock talk link just takes me to the main forum index.The others work okay.

[ProTouring2.2]

power steering info would be nice, i have a ws6 box sitting here and i need a new steering pump

[americasfuture2k]

info on what to do with that pittman arm when upgrading box's would be pretty usefull as well. i have a iroc box sitting in my 'to do box'

[bmxbang]

Quote: Originally Posted by Old_Guy

The shock talk link just takes me to the main forum index.The others work okay.

x2 thats what i need!

[ProTouring2.2]

Quote: Originally Posted by americasfuture2k

info on what to do with that pittman arm when upgrading box's would be pretty usefull as well. i have a iroc box sitting in my 'to do box'

use the pitman arm that's on it.

[americasfuture2k]

i know this, but isnt there something special i need to do to line them up? i know i need to mark the arm. but marking it to line up to the original box isnt going to help much when the box is being replaced.

[ProTouring2.2]

it can go on 4 ways. it's pretty easy to tell which one is right... spin the input shaft until it's halfway between lock to lock, and install the pitman arm straight out from that.

[bg's]

I'd like to add this link. A lot of guys are switching over to
quick ratio box's and Jim Shea has some great info on different
box's, hoses, etc. This is for A & F body rides but a Saginaw 600
or 608 [80mm dia bore] will go in. Our box's used to be
Saginaw model 800's but are now referred to as model 700's
[70mm dia bore] or 708 for bigger rides [80mm dia bore].
I use a model 700 Alpha code YA out of late 80's Monte
Carlo SS's and it's worked really well. What one should
know for instance is that F body box's will have less pitman
arm travel distance and take more effort to turn, where
A body box's though allowing more pitman travel in
the end, might cause tires to rub on a-arms, etc, so
one needs to choose what steer box one wants carefully.

I use Open Office to view these articles. I think before one
goes changing a steer box to fast ratio, one should know
which one might work best for the app. There is a lot
of other good info in this link and I hope people here
will take a look at some of the articles.

http://jimshea.corvettefaq.com/?page_id=5

HTH's.

[bg's]

This has got to be one the most in depth how-to's on
rebuilding a GM steering column I've ever run into.
Though it's for a Fiero, it mirrors almost every component
of the s-10 column and explains clearly with pics how to go
about it.There are a few differences, but will work for the
basic rebuild.

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/088020.html

[americasfuture2k]

woo, long live pennocks! great bunch of people. in every location.