Need help with a steering box/column part - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**PRattenbury** · 08-08-2011, 06:25 PM

Hi folks! It's been a while since I posted last. A job change has taken me away from my project. Anyway, I bought a new steering box for my truck some time ago, and turned my old one in as a core. The problem is, I didn't realize the new box wasn't going to have the coupling half that slips over the splined input shaft on the box, where the rag joint goes. So now I have a nice new steering box on my truck, but no way to reconnect the steering column. Stupid me. So I looked at some part store sites, and they don't sell them. So I'm looking for one of these flanges or couplers, whatever the right name might be. I need to get the truck moved from my garage in Arkansas to my next garage in Philly. I'm in Philly right now working, and getting to a junkyard is not in the cards. I'd like to see if I can buy, borrow, beg, or steal one of these things online and have it for August 27th when I can be there to install it and get it loaded on a car hauler. So if anybody on here has any ideas or has one I could have/use/buy, let me know! Okay? Thanks!

Rogue_Alphonse · 08-08-2011, 08:02 PM

If you want to drive about an hour and 15 minutes, there is a junkyard in Honey Brook that I frequent that definitely has that part. The bad thing is they're only open on Saturdays.

lilpoindexter · 08-08-2011, 08:34 PM

I think Dorman part 31011 will fit, more or less..I had to make the holes on one part a little bigger to fit my situation, but any auto zone or kragen should have this thing...I think the black part is what you are looking for.Its about 50-60 bucks.

**PRattenbury** · 08-09-2011, 04:47 PM

Okay, thanks for the tips. But I either gotta find a used or new OE part somebody might have online somehow, or I just gotta drag the truck around without steering. I am a bit fussy when it comes to steering. I wish I wasnt also really stupid and took the flange off the core. I also wish I could just do the junkyard thing, but I have no tools with me, and very little time. Thanks anyway, though.

**PRattenbury** · 08-09-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lilpoindexter

I think Dorman part 31011 will fit, more or less..I had to make the holes on one part a little bigger to fit my situation, but any auto zone or kragen should have this thing...I think the black part is what you are looking for.Its about 50-60 bucks.

You know, on second thought, this may just work. I ordered one, and I'ma give it a try! Thanks again!

08-08-2011, 06:25 PM	#1
PRattenbury Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Maumelle, AR Posts: 478	Need help with a steering box/column part Hi folks! It's been a while since I posted last. A job change has taken me away from my project. Anyway, I bought a new steering box for my truck some time ago, and turned my old one in as a core. The problem is, I didn't realize the new box wasn't going to have the coupling half that slips over the splined input shaft on the box, where the rag joint goes. So now I have a nice new steering box on my truck, but no way to reconnect the steering column. Stupid me. So I looked at some part store sites, and they don't sell them. So I'm looking for one of these flanges or couplers, whatever the right name might be. I need to get the truck moved from my garage in Arkansas to my next garage in Philly. I'm in Philly right now working, and getting to a junkyard is not in the cards. I'd like to see if I can buy, borrow, beg, or steal one of these things online and have it for August 27th when I can be there to install it and get it loaded on a car hauler. So if anybody on here has any ideas or has one I could have/use/buy, let me know! Okay? Thanks!

08-08-2011, 08:02 PM	#2
Rogue_Alphonse Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gap PA Posts: 280	Re: Need help with a steering box/column part If you want to drive about an hour and 15 minutes, there is a junkyard in Honey Brook that I frequent that definitely has that part. The bad thing is they're only open on Saturdays. __________________ 1991 Mustang GT Vert, T-5 w/ Pro 5.0, Trick Flow upper & lower, BBK cold air intake, 3:73, BAMA chip, etc. 1988 K5 Blazer, [coming soon] TBI 400, SM465/NP208, 12 bolt rear, 3:08's, looks like a 1980. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 fully loaded daily driver! Where there's a will, there's a rig!

08-08-2011, 08:34 PM	#3
lilpoindexter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: los angeles Posts: 1,134	Re: Need help with a steering box/column part I think Dorman part 31011 will fit, more or less..I had to make the holes on one part a little bigger to fit my situation, but any auto zone or kragen should have this thing...I think the black part is what you are looking for.Its about 50-60 bucks. Attached Images

08-09-2011, 04:47 PM	#4
PRattenbury Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Maumelle, AR Posts: 478	Re: Need help with a steering box/column part Okay, thanks for the tips. But I either gotta find a used or new OE part somebody might have online somehow, or I just gotta drag the truck around without steering. I am a bit fussy when it comes to steering. I wish I wasnt also really stupid and took the flange off the core. I also wish I could just do the junkyard thing, but I have no tools with me, and very little time. Thanks anyway, though.



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