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[Broncoholics]

I just sent this info to to another guy on the site and thought this info should be here in the How To Articles for anyone needing stronger steering.

Here's some info on the Chevy 1 Ton tie tod over conversion.

You first have to ream out the knuckles from the top down using a 7 deg reamer. No bushings are needed for the chevy 1 ton ends because they are large enough to take out the hour glass shape when reaming from the top down.
The passengerside tierod end has a location for the drag link so you don't need to ream it. See below photo. As you are reaming check the depth all the time by inserting the rod end into the knuckle.

The drag link ends are neat because they have about double the amount of travel of the standard tie rod end. I bought mine through Autozone.com which had really good prices.

Autozone Online Prices:
ES2233L $25.99 (draglinks)
ES2234R $24.99
ES2027L $24.99 (tie rod ends)
ES2026R $24.99

For the tubing I would go with either 1.25" OD x .281 wall DOM or 1.5" OD x 0.344" wall (11/32nds). This way you can run the tap directly into the tubing and won't need any threaded adapters. The Chevy stuff does require some special tooling. You need a 7 degree tapered reamer and 7/8"x18 right and left hand taps.
The jamb nuts should come with the rod ends so look inside the box at the store. I got one without one. Do lots of measuring but you do have some room to work with since the rod ends have plenty of threads.

Hope this helps!

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[BrushBuster]

Will a Power steering Box from a 92 f-150 fit in and replace a steering Box from a 69 Bronco that is not power steering. I can get the pump in with out much trouble.

If not, what is the best route to make my two hands on the wheel type mudder into a one lazy hand type.

Thanks, any help would be appreciated.

[Broncoholics]

To get the F150 box to fit you will have to get the adapter plate from Jeff's Bronco graveyard, Tom's Broncos, Duff etc. The box will be mounted on the inside frame rail instead of the outside like your stock set up. The 150 Box ends up being a bit lower than stock so it can get hit by rocks. I've seen some guys lift them up higher on top of the frame rail but you have to move the radiator to the passenger side a bit. All the Bronco companied out there have good saganaw boxes and pumps that work well but it gets spendy $300-500. The 150 set up out of the junk yard is only $100 with all the stuff but you don't know how worn out it is.
I'm thinking of going hydraulic since I trailer my Bronco and its not that expensive.
Right now I run a 73 Scout Power steering box and pump. Its a saganaw type and does well until it heats up. I'm sure a pwr steering cooler would help. The difference with the Scout stuff is the pitman arm faces forward instead of backwards so I had to pull the box as far back towards the trac bar bracket so the draglink would still line up with the tie rods. The pitman arm is the same as a stock bronco too. Here's a photo, its not an easy conversion, lots of beefing up the frame and welding the steering shafts together.

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