Bendix Vs. Ford

[69rangerf100]

ok thanks for clarifying that so i guess i need to go and grab the pitman arm just to be safe for my disk conversion

[bmerkley58]

The manual steering box pitman arm won't fit the Ford power steering box. The splined hole in the manual pitman arm is too small.

Bob

[390F100]

I think I know what i'm gonna do, I went on www.carsteering.com and they have a conversion kit which includes the box,pump,coupler,hoses,pully...everything except the correct column. It runs 495.00. I think i'm goingto buy that and then get another column. what do you all think, heres the link

http://www.carsteering.com/addtocart/19 ... 80002.html

390

[swinn]

I wasn't aware of the overheating problem with the bendix box. I just had mine rebuilt to fix the leaking. Would putting a small tranny cooler in the return line help at all, or is there some reason I shouldn't do that?

[fordman]

yes the newer trucks had a power steerign cooler in line withhtem. they bolted to the front of the power steering pump brackt. that may help it from overheating.

[swinn]

So what are the symptoms/problems that the overheating causes with the bendix box?

[fordman]

i've never experience this. i did have a pump freeze up once on mine. but when i took it apart it became unfrozen. i never got around to putting it back on before i stopped driving the truck. but the box worked fine without the pump on it. it was harder to turn without the pump.

[390bump]

Anyone try the manual steering Pitman arm on a Bendix box?

[fordman]

i looked one earlier the part number was C7TA-3590-M

[390bump]

manual should be -C or -N as per:

http://www.fordification.com/partnos/st ... column.htm

may try it myself this morning ( have the -N on my old box).

[fordman]

it must have been a n then. i know it wasnt L

[390bump]

Dan is sending me another -L... the saga continues.

[flakos 69]

didn't ford change the steering linkage and pitman arm in 71, so he would need matching combo because the bendix only fit pre 71 asuming this he has a pre 71 steering linkage.

[flakos 69]

D2TA-3590-BA is a 72 part and this article covers that
http://www.fordification.com/tech/discbrakes01.htm

[flakos 69]

just my 2 cents correct me if im wrong