I read the s-10 steering box is a direct swap for our cars...are there any year specific s-10's I should hunt for...and also what is a fair price....oh yeah how much of the aparatus will I need from the donor...going to the boneyard this weekend....

 

mine was from a late 80s. all you need is the box ,i swaped the pitman arm to the manual box off the hydrolic box. i paid 70$ for mine. one from auto zone was in the 125 to 150 range.

 

I got mine off a 92 S-10 for $40 from the local boneyard, like ede said, you must swap pitman arm. On my application, I also had to do some "massaging" to the front sway bar mount-it would'nt allow the box to set against the "frame"

 

thanks guys..I found one ..for 35.oo seems fair...sure cant wait to put all these parts together...come on spring. I think the last few weeks of winter here in the great mid-west areWaaaaay to long..

 

Any year S-10 will work. I got mine off a 93. Bolted right on.

 

Not just from S10
The manual boxes from Chevy Monza'a & vega's will also work.
This one in the pic is from a Monza.

 

The Monza box will work but they're getting hard to find. Those boxes are getting very old.

As mentioned above, any year S-10 will work. The S-10 will have a 4 cylinder engine. All the V6's have power steering. I got mine from an 87 and only paid $15. I also use the f-body pitman arm but I don't have a front sway bar to interfere with the box.

All you're going to need to pull it is a few tools. Depending what year it is, the bolts could be standard or metric. I think 18mm is needed for the mounting bolts. 10mm to unbolt the steering shaft. Whatever is required to take off the tie rod end.

Buy the box with the S-10 pitman arm and change it at home with your f-body arm. You'll need a special puller to take it off. It can be rented if you don't have one.

 

holy cow !!! I just went to the Calgary Racing link in your sig. Here I am complaing about winter here in Nebraska..........BRRRRRRR

 

The high today was -25c. It's going down tonight to -28 or -30c.

And only 56 days until the track opens. Last year or the year before, there was a foot of snow on my car a week before the first race.

As for the steering boxes, GM boxes like that all have the same mounting pattern. If you can find a Monza or S-10 manual box, they all bolt on in the same place. Converting to something like a Pinto manual rack is a little more difficult but not impossible.

 

How does the steering feel with the manual box?
I too am planning on doing this swap, that way the only accessory on my belt will be the Alternator.

 

thanks for the reply Stephen....cold cold cold.thats all I can say...I found a box out of a 90 s-10...cooool. so what happened..I see you have changed sponsers ? or what?

zepher...Im a little older than you..so Ive had a few manual steering cars...the only bad part is when the car isnt moving...like parking..but that isnt too bad,,nothing like the ps disconnected...hey! didnt you have some 2" wheel spacers you didnt need?

 

Cool, that shouldn't be a problem then.

I did have some 2.25" spacers, but I sold those a month or so ago to a guy in California. If I can figure out a way to get rid of the front spacers, I'll sell those too.

 

I can't comment on how it's like to drive on the street. Wide tires will cause a lot of extra friction at slow speed turns. I have skinny front tires. Driving around the pits isn't great but then I also have a smaller aftermarket steering wheel with a transbrake button and coiled cord attached to it. Moving around is difficult when I have to do hand over hand steering to pull into my stall.

Once I'm moving through the staging lanes, down the track and back up the return road, I don't even notice that it's manual steering.

If you look at an old car or truck with manual steering, they had large steering wheels to compensate for the extra torque required to turn the wheel.

 

If it gets too hard for ya, I still got my contacts for used Peterbilt parts, I'm sure I can find ya a steering wheel. Get the ole tractor **** put on it and your ready to go!! :lala:

 

Now Im sure you mean Neckin ****...right?

 

Are you avoiding my question?..or did I spell sponsors wrong

 

I knew there was a "correct name" for it, but I guess ya had to be an "old boy" to remember! I'm still young, but I'm learning.

 

they used to come in all sorts of colors with sparkles and all..a lot of states banned there use on automobiles...seems they had a tendancy to break and cause accidents!