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10-23-2010, 10:20 AM
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Steering box nightmare
Last night, I digged a little deeper into my steering box on my 1250. I managed to tear up the slotted cap at the bottom of the box. I used a drag link socket on a ratchet and damaged the slot (its made of aluminum). Due to the PO never ever greasing this steering box, one of the metal cup/retainers was gone and the other was split in three peices. The retainers for the ball bearings were damaged and one ball missing. The grease worms had their victory with this one! I also notice the plastic cap at the other end of the steering shaft was out of round, so i removed it. It broke too
 . Would I be better finding a better steering box?  I want this nightmare to end.
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10-23-2010, 11:00 AM
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As long as the bearing surfaces on the shaft are not pitted or scored, and the worm is not pitted, scored, or worn out, I would just buy new parts and put it back together. You can't be sure that any other used column you buy is going to be any better, and the cost of another used column is probably going to be more than the additional cost of the extra parts to fix this one.
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10-23-2010, 11:16 AM
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It does have some pitting on the worm gear in 2 spots. Im going to try to clean the up. Thanks for the info.
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10-23-2010, 12:00 PM
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Clean everything up really well, and check the condition of where the bearing cups fit in the housing, if the alum. housing is badly worn, then it's probably best to replace it. Otherwise it doesn't sound like you need anything (except the plug) that you wouldn't normally replace in a complete rebuild.
Check the mounting holes in the housing, if the bearings got loose inside the column, often times you will find one hiding in one of those holes.
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