Im in the process of changing my steering box because the old one got to where it just wasnt safe to drive, about 45 degrees of play. It was bad, the lower u joint where it attached to the box was sloppy, the splines on the box were worn slap out. I know youre supposed to buy the hd borgeson boxes when you have bigger tires, but i had a guy sell me a used one off of a low mileage 4x4 1500. I think it was a '97, he has a dodge junkyard, and he cross referenced the parts and said the part number for the 1500s and the HD trucks were the same number. Anyways, i got the old one off and i got the new one sitting up close to where it should be. But for the life of me i cant seem to get the splines on the steering shaft and the splines on the input shaft of the box to line up. I tried for an hour. I know the part number is the same but is there a different number of splines betweeen a 1500 steering box and an HD box? Or am i just not doing something right?

Any advise would be helpful. Thanks! God bless!

 

there is a groove the one i put on my 95 was right out of a 95 2500 gasser and it worked you just have to line the groove up i was confused at first kind of embarrassing to admit but i put it on (only one way it goes on) and the wheel was pointed one way and the tires another stupid me i finally grasped that the box is geared down so the ratio of wheel turns is more than how much the tires actually move it should deff work though