About to pull the trigger on a new gear from one or the other vendor. Blue Top is cheaper but my question is does BT have ball bearings in theyre boxes? I know redhead does and i just drove a 12V at work with a redhead and it drove like a dream! Iv heard customer service at redhead isnt the best? Who has BT and who has RH? What are your thoughts?

Long time lurker, first post. 

 

Has anyone considered the HD 6 bolt boxes? I've recently replaced my track bar, and upgraded to the 2010 linkage. While that helped tremendously, I can see the sector shaft deflect when turning, so a box will be my next upgrade. 

Do you have a link to the hd box?

Edited May 16, 20195 yr by dripley

6 Bolt box

 

Definitely pricey, but maybe worth the extra coin

Edited May 16, 20195 yr by Bojon

3 hours ago, Bojon said:

6 Bolt box

 

Definitely pricey, but maybe worth the extra coin

I might choke on that $700. And be aware that box shown says it only works on the T type steering and not the Y type. Not sure why but thats what it says. 

I never put $700 in a steering box. Just ditch the monster wheels and tires and you'll do like @dripley and myself have for years pretty much trouble free steering. 

 

12 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

I never put $700 in a steering box. Just ditch the monster wheels and tires and you'll do like @dripley and myself have for years pretty much trouble free steering. 

 

 

 I appreciate the input from both of you. No monster tires here. I just have a habit of reading waaay to many reviews and then overthinking things. 

265's and smaller tires are absolutely safe. With tires that are 265's and smaller, you can upgrade to a quick ratio steering box. My factory box had ZERO wear. It was the slat and rust that ruined the input seal of my steering box. Ryan @Blue-Top Steering said my box was still in excellent condition and was sold mere minutes later. Our boxes don't really wear out just need some rebuilding and seal replaced. Seal kits can be purchased from Blue Top Steering as well. 

12 minutes ago, Bojon said:

 

 I appreciate the input from both of you. No monster tires here. I just have a habit of reading waaay to many reviews and then overthinking things. 

Thats a fairly common disease believe. I have my bouts with it.

2 hours ago, Mopar1973Man said:

265's and smaller tires are absolutely safe. With tires that are 265's and smaller, you can upgrade to a quick ratio steering box. My factory box had ZERO wear. It was the slat and rust that ruined the input seal of my steering box. Ryan @Blue-Top Steering said my box was still in excellent condition and was sold mere minutes later. Our boxes don't really wear out just need some rebuilding and seal replaced. Seal kits can be purchased from Blue Top Steering as well. 

 

I rebuilt a box for my Jeep some years ago, kind of a fun project. I'm not sure I'm comfortable rebuilding this one. Laying under the truck and rotating the steering shaft there is quite a bit of deflection in the sector shaft. I'd hate to see how bad the deflection actually is with the truck running. Something inside is quite worn, perhaps it just needs new bearings but I'm not sure. That being said it doesn't leak at all

I just had mind rebuilt by bluetop and it's awesome. Took out a ton of play in my steering. Now I'm sitting on a core if anyone needs one to send off and have rebuilt. I couldn't have any down time on my truck so i sourced a core and had it rebuilt and swapped it in

Send your core in and left Blue Top to build it and then have a spare ready for next time or sell it. 

55 minutes ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Send your core in and left Blue Top to build it and then have a spare ready for next time or sell it. 

I thought about it, maybe in the future, just don't have the funds for it atm