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Thanks for all your suggestions. My little 3/8 rod is not going to work for some reason. I was thinking the both holes went through the case and were open on the other side. No, they are not sub scratch that running around done  going to eat them and run out there

and yes working alone sometimes does not help at all and paul your right about big rig parts everything is so heavy,,,,i put that air starter in when i was only 39,,,but gotta better one pulled transmission and transfer case out of my 70 chevy pickup when i was around 20 myself with just a floor jack,,,,that was quite the trick

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woohoo its back in,,,,started to remove the oil lines so i can run them down in the morning....and have new ones made....i released a hold down bracket,underneath with made the oil lines come flying down ,,,and i got oil all over my clothes so that was it ,,came in for the day...bob

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before installing pitman arm :: is the steering box centered within it self ???? count turns from one extreme to the other then split difference in half. wheels straight the two timing marks should be spot on !!

I don’t know what happened. I checked the timing  three times and the timing mark is way off. I’m going to have to put it in a different position right now. I can’t get it to go on at all. I don’t know what happened. I’ll have to get something too file the spline Slightly. I’m going to run out in a little while and take the lines down. Glad this thing is almost finished.

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3 minutes ago, mechohaulic said:

steering wheel also centered before install. ever drive a vehicle with off centered steering wheel. mentally find yourself thinking always turning. physically keep turning wheel to straighten

My spline allows you to put the wheel wherever you want. I’ll put it together  and drive it around a little bit and find  Straight Centerpoint and yes, I have drivin  trucks with an off steering wheel. that will drive you nuts.

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I see the input shaft has the continuous grove for steering arm bolt. some have only one notch limiting the bolt position. front wheels straight , sit in cab and center the steering wheel might save having to take it apart again. project moving forward == looks good.

15 minutes ago, mowerman said:

Take it apart again no that’s not gonna happen. If something goes slow with this box I’m just going to order a rebuilt. That thing was way too much work.

not referring to take the entire box apart again !!!!😱😱;;  that tires me out just thinking of it. taking it apart was meaning the steering wheel from the box to center the steering wheel !!LOL

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14 minutes ago, mowerman said:

I don’t think the last time this box was apart. They had it timed properly because it used to turn sharper one way and I don’t remember which way  it was now. 

output shaft/ pitman arm timing marks are for when all is perfect in system.  to obtain 100% turning radius L/R timing marks can be off . If when all is said and done the wheels turn one way more then other , it might be axle stops on steer axle .  wheels on the ground(there is a difference if front end jacked up)turn L/R count turns then go to center. Wheels should be aiming straight. from center. one turn more then other the stops might need adjusting.

38 minutes ago, mechohaulic said:

not referring to take the entire box apart again !!!!😱😱;;  that tires me out just thinking of it. taking it apart was meaning the steering wheel from the box to center the steering wheel !!LOL

Oh, OK. Well, I can put the wheel on anyway I want there is no notch in the spline 

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I suspect your "turn sharper" one way then the other, is what you suspect. Someone screwed up and covered it up by adjusting the heck out of the drag link.

From what I remember, the pitman arm can go on the shaft in four places, 90 deg apart. 

So line up the pitman arm to the closest place it can go on with the box centered, should have punch-marks, then adjust the drag-link so the wheels are straight when the box is at mid position.

Since the 392 box post-dates when that truck was built, it is hard to know if when it was fitted, the person doing the fitting did the job correctly. 

From what I remember there is a double tooth on the pitman shaft spline and a corresponding gap in splines on the arm every 90 deg. It has been a few years since I did one.

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