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Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 06:52 PM
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i wanted to post this to hopefully save someone from maybe having bad wreck! i have been having problems with my 68'b body power steering gear box, i tried to adjust the valve on top on the gear box, wrong thing to do, i backed out of my drive way, did not get on it, just eased down the road, 440/727 auto, i was going to drive around the block, 1 to second, second to 3rd about 30miles hour now, then the steering wheel rotates by itself at about 100miles an hour to the left and stick there, almost broke my arm and the car landed in the ditch, happy ending no broken bones, car no damage, tommorrow i am taking all the power steering off the car and going manual!! 
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
[Re: cornet684me]
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03/27/10 06:54 PM
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Yup only manual boxes in my cars. My 70 Cyclone id the same thing once.
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
[Re: cornet684me]
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03/27/10 07:08 PM
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thanks Man, i think only thing hurt was my pride, i thought i could get the power gear box to work
Just out of curiosity. What kind of problems were you having with the PS box that made you want to adjust it?
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 07:12 PM
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no power , the pump was putting pressure to the gear box, however could not get the power steering to work, so i losen the 2bolts on the gear box and adjusted it up and down trying to get it to work, never could get to work, so i was going to go to auto zone and get a new rebuilt one, i bought this one used on ebay, i was just trying to get it to work, 
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
[Re: cornet684me]
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03/27/10 07:52 PM
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so how do i change the 68' coronet from power steering to Manual?
Get a man. box and either the P.S. to man. column adapter or just get a man. shaft to put in your column or a entire man column.
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 08:03 PM
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so i do not need to change out anything else? i am going to get a manual box and the adapter i thought maybe the pittman arm or something 
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 08:27 PM
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i wanted to post this to hopefully save someone from maybe having bad wreck! i have been having problems with my 68'b body power steering gear box, i tried to adjust the valve on top on the gear box, wrong thing to do, i backed out of my drive way, did not get on it, just eased down the road, 440/727 auto, i was going to drive around the block, 1 to second, second to 3rd about 30miles hour now, then the steering wheel rotates by itself at about 100miles an hour to the left and stick there, almost broke my arm and the car landed in the ditch, happy ending no broken bones, car no damage, tommorrow i am taking all the power steering off the car and going manual!!
Hold on there, pardner, just go back and learn how to adjust that valve the CORRECT way - with the front wheels off the ground and the car running. Ya just crack the bolts slightly loose on the valve and move it around til the valve is centered and the wheels no longer want to self-steer.
A big block B body ain't the easiest thing to steer with a manual box. If you want on your forearm muscles, get a manual box, the right pitman arm and a power to manual adapter. But readjusting the power box won't cost anything but a little of your time. If you have a loss of power assist it could be a problem with the PUMP, not the box. Try a rebuilt pump to cure your problems. But make sure you have the correct pulley puller to remove and replace the pulley.
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 08:32 PM
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i did the adjustment with the car on jack stands, i could never get the power to work, so i was going to just get a rebuilt unit, however, it was so pretty outside today i want to drive the car around the block, i had been driving the car around with the power steering now working, i am not and will not try to adjust power steering gear box again, i have learned my lesson , i will leave the gear box adjustment to the pros, i have done the whole restoration myself however i have leanrned , there are some things best left to the pros, and making adjustments to a power steering gear box is for the pros, not a weekend want a be like me! 
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Re: Bad Mistake! 68 b body power steering gear box
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03/27/10 08:39 PM
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i have put 3 brand new pumps on this car, i did not know how to test the pumps, so i wld go get a new pump and hook it up, everytime no power steering, then somebody finally told me to take the high side hose off and test the pump to make sure it was pumping and that it could be my gear box, so the pump was pumping and i then proceeded to adjust the gear box, i jacked the car up and made several adjustments and alot fluid getting everywhere, never could get the powersteering to work, so i just gave up, then today pulled the car out and took it for spin, wrong thing to do when you have adjusted on the gear box, i am not going to adjust anymore on this box, taking every thing off@
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...Holy Cow that's terrible !!!! Glad you or your car were'nt hurt...
