Redhead steerring gears
 

Just curious what people are using for steering gear boxes?

Is REDHEAD worth the money? They claim theirs have custom fit bearings and guaranteed no slop.

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I’m happy with the two I’m using. Have also heard good things about the work at powersteering.com This shop did excellent work on rebuilding my steering pumps.

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Purchased a PSC box for my truck. Have not used it yet.

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I have a Redhead on my ‘71 and am quite satisfied with it!

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I am satisfied with my Red Head manual box, but "no slop" is misleading with the one I got. It's much better than the old one, no doubt, but I don't think it is as good as they were off the factory line.

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I went with a brand new Borgeson 12.7:1 power assisted box ($421)...love it!

New 15" steering wheel in the mail on the way to me...

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I have this too. Feels more like a modern power ASSIST box

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I'm happy so far. Had to replace the new cheaper one I bought off *bay because it leaked out of every place possible. Lesson learned. They were also great to work with, returned the core in the same box & bag and went smooth. It may be more expensive but its money well spent in my opinion. I also had to replace the brake master cylinder and proportioning valve that was new because they also leaked. It is horrible when new parts are not good.

When I installed the new box I not knowingly broke the ground strap on the rag joint. My horn quit working and had no idea why. I did a few searches on this site, found a few things to check and figured it out. Not sure how long or if I would have thought to check this without the support here. A lot of great people with a lot of usefully knowledge.

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who is Redhead? thanks

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I have used 6 redhead steering boxes over the years. Everything from Ford F250 to my First Gen Cummins. I have one in my 72' Blazer now and put one in my 72' Suburban when I did that one. I even had them do a custom build on my 56 Dodge Station Wagon which has the steering shaft built into the box. Pretty much every time I get an old rig, I go an buy a new steering box for it from them. I may be biased because they are somewhat local to me so I save on shipping. All they do are steering boxes and a bunch of them everyday. They know what they are doing, friendly, and I have never had an issue so I use them. I like supporting a small locally owned business when possible to.

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I just looked at their website... they're $560 now.

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I am on a tight budget with my build so I went with a NAPA reman, but will eventually upgrade to the Redhead in a couple of years.

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The parts store remans haven't lasted for me.

I've had good experiences with all four I've had done through Blue Top Steering Gears: https://bluetopsteeringgears-com.3dcartstores.com/

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Ha, so that is what the ground strap is for…my horn works, but strap is long gone.

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I have used 4 redhead steering boxes and currently still have two trucks with them. 2wheel and 4wheel drive. I will always use redhead steering gears, they have good customer service with fast turn around on service.

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Redhead is a great American family business that remanufactures their steering gears right here in America with American workers.

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I've installed many on 2nd gen dodges. In the last 2 years I've had 3 the guys had issues with and it was a PITA to get them replacements. Hopefully those were just flukes. I did just order one for a square body I'm building for a guy.