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Safer to be short, so the ram doesn't crank the piss out of the joints against the stops.

Def interested in hearing how the single cylinder does. Mounting it will be so much easier, and unlike the full hydraulic steering type valve, your lock-to-lock turns of the wheel will stay the same. I think thats really the only complaint anyone had with the single ram. Is 8" going to be long...

I bought the weld on spline adapters on ebay. They're the same ones they sell on the distributor sites. They have their stuff on ebay too. One was 13/16-36 spline, the other 3/4-48 (late model). The new models are 3/4 on both ends. Otherwise, Im pretty sure they're the same. It doesn't look...

Update to the power steering I did. I had been experiencing some steering shake when turning the wheels while stopped or crawling slow. Its quite a diagnostics debacle that a lot of racers that use these sweet steering servos struggle with. After making sure all my steering gear had no slop...

Its a Sweet med (which is their regular) with .235 torsion spec. Paid 150 for it on ebay. The input spline is 3/4-48, output is 13/16-36. Its an older model, but was new. The new ones are both 3/4 inch splines. Other than that, they're identical.

I'll look into doing that Rusty. I promised my wife I'd work on our camping trailer, so I'll get to it when I can. Think you might be able to dig up the info on that bearing you used? I didn't see it in your old posts, but that may be due to my search terms.

With the engine off and just sitting there, the steering wheel was hard as balls to turn, but it did move the wheels. Not sure what it'll be like with it rolling. I'll have to go somewhere its safe to kill the engine and do that. My place is on a pretty steep hill. I did the same thing with...

I haven't really put it to the test yet. Its the same valve thats in a normal ps unit, just divorced. I'll confirm it works tomorrow.

Added a 6 pass cooler and drove the piss out of it around every turn on my hill. Only got warm. I didn't really want to do the plastic ties that go through the fins, but it actually turned out quite well. I lightly painted the front of it. Can't even see it. Project done.

Heh... I was thinking it, but didn't say it. :ROFLMAO: If you bring your truck, you are welcome in Idaho!

Yeah, I'm in post falls myself. Rarely venture west of the valley though. Someone at the central premix on sullivan has a nice crew cab deuce. Wondered if they were on here. Not many on the road here yet.

Man, When I drove the dodge to work this morning, the steering felt super stiff in comparison to the deuce. Thought something was wrong with it for a sec. Plus, there wasn't even a single drip on the concrete under the truck this morning either. That was pleasing. I need to get the alignment...

The fittings are all the reusable "field serviceable style. No leaks anywhere, not yet at least. 3/8 line. How'd it go? Well, I chose a stiff torsion spec on the valve and I swear you can still turn it at a dead stop if you accidentally sneeze on the wheel. Not exactly what I was going for...

My bud has a torch table at home, so he helped cut the ram base out of 3/8 and also weld it up. Glad I didn't do 1/2, would have been far uneccesary. We used solid wire mig. Did perfectly fine with no issues and was a clean looking job. The flat plate warped some, but not too consequential. I...

Here's after I put the lines and reservoir on there. The little rediator was mounted under the heater box against fender vents where the hoses. More on that later. Taking the grill off and pulling the radiator only took an hour, including draining it. I really didnt want to pull the rad, but...

Here's the valve with the couplers welded on and pretty much in place, and the steering wheel. The steering wheel is supposed to be for a peterbuilt or something and had an odd non-standard bolt pattern. That was a mistake that cost me some time machining a stupid fancy adapter for it.

Ok, I finished the system tonight. Where to start... I wanted to do something different. While a normal power steering box is the most tidy, I still wanted a big-ol ram down there steering the wheels without loading up the sector shaft. What I've done, is make it "steering assist" with the...

The air assist would be a nice easy addon, but when I see prices like over 4k from eastern surplus for the kit, I think... um no thanks. I'm sure one might find it for much cheaper somewhere else, but that sticker shock kind of stuck with me. They quoted me 570 for a 5ton pump all ready to go. I...

This is exactly what I was planning for my deuce, but my main roadblock is in the solid one-piece steering shaft. It's a 7/8 spline at the steering wheel. Thats pretty serious. I had been looking at Sweet's steering servos. Very similar to the woodwards. The largest splines they have are 3/4"...