steering box on a C2

[IH2LOSE]

O.K I had purchased a new/rebuilt steering box for my 1966 car,(mine had aquired a tiny greese/oil leak out the bottom SEE NOTE BELOW )

So any way I had question my supplier on correct box and numbers and was assured it was all the same there replacement was correct.So now some 6 months later I am sorting thru my parts deciding what I should do this week end and in comparing the boxs I find my cover on my existing is different to the cover on the new/rebuilt box see attached images so what one is correct?

If my excisting is correct can I take it off of mine and install it on the new/rebuilt one with out ruining the adjustments?

NOTE FROM ABOVE

No oil leak is accectable to me,What ever they come from I will seek them out and repair them.Nothing make me crazyer then to see any liquid drips under a car may sound crazy but it makes me insane to have a liquid leak.It funney My wife had purchased a carpet for my garage for me to work on to avoid slipping on the floor,my dad was over and seen the carpet and decided it would be perfect as an area rug for his house and off my carpet went,Still as clean as it was the day we unrolled it on the garage floor.Not one drop of oil on it

I have to post two more times for the images to come up

 

[Mikey1]

No pics yet....but the correct cover should be cast iron with the highlighted "check and lube" pointing to one of the screw holes.

 

[IH2LOSE]

No pics yet....but the correct cover should be cast iron with the highlighted "check and lube" pointing to one of the screw holes.

Sorry I will upload tonight

 

[magicv8]

Use the factory correct lube, or use ball joint grease and the box will not leak.

 

[IH2LOSE]

a picture of the sterring box cover

Why I cant have leaks

 

[Mikey1]

Looks correct to me but I do not have a NCRS man for 66. So someone might doublecheck this.

 

[JohnZ]

The cover should have "5666723" cast into it for a '67; not sure about a '66 - don't have a '66 JG. The lube called out in the Chassis Service Manual is chassis grease - same stuff you use in all the grease fittings. If you swap covers, the bearing preload adjustment will have to be re-done.

 

[magicv8]

Same part number in the 66 JG - 5666723

If part numbers are important to you - by all means get an NCRS Judging Guide. I have one, and I don't have any intention of getting my car judged. I have never looked at the part number on my steering box. If it is not 5666723, I will bet that the JG is wrong - AGAIN. There are several errors in it. IMO chasing "correct" part numbers is a game that detracts from enjojing driving the car.

 

[MidShark]

Larry
I looked at my '66 tonight and it has the same cover as in your picture. What is different about the other one?

Dick

BTW- My car is a later one- #18479

 

[IH2LOSE]

magic V8



IMO chasing "correct" part numbers is a game that detracts from enjojing driving the car.

You know I was never a numbers guy,in fact I was never a corvette guy eather.I purchased my corvette and joined the NCRS and ordered some of there books and asked alot of questions on the NCRS web site and realley started to enjoy the numbers thing being able to restore a 30 + year old car back to the way it was the day it left the factory.The numbers guys have definately earned my respect and in my case it does not in any way effect the driveability of my own car.Nothing is better to me then seeing a well restored car with all new properley plated hardware and correct componets.Not a tie wired,eastwoods spray painted restoration. Im not trying to be argumentitive here but once you start with it you cant stop and I blame peer presure on it form fellow vette guys,When ever I am at a show they point out the improper parts and exsplain how I cheapen the quaility of the car with the incorrect parts. What's the old saying

TRY IT YOULL LIKE IT

 

[IH2LOSE]

Midshark

Larry
I looked at my '66 tonight and it has the same cover as in your picture. What is different about the other one?

You have to add a picture of your midyear to your avitor, whitch one do you like more the C2 or the c3

Anyways the other box does not have the arrors or the note on the lube filler I have to look at the part # I have decided not to install the cover but to swap out the box,s and have mine sent out for a rebuild then sell the rebuilt one I got when I get mine back. Definitley more exspensive this way but I am going to keep my original one I will just get it rebuilt
Thanks for the information

 

[magicv8]

ih2lose - I am afraid to try it, because (as you can tell from the Details page of my home pages) I will end up with a Top Flight car that I will not want to take out of the garage.

I enetered my car in one NCA Corvette show after reasssembling it 14 years ago. I saw how easy it would be to want the car to have a perfect score, and how hard it would be to use it in that condition. I opted to bag all the original stuff that I didn't want in the car (seats, steering wheel, engine, transmission, rear end, etcetera) for a retirement project - that I know now may never happen.

I appreciate the work of NCRS people and the availability of parts that the restoration hobby provides - and I hope they keep up the good work. I also have the JG and spec guides, and I road tour to the national shows with them. I still try to promote driving the cars ABOVE showing them - because I want everyone to enjoy the thrill of wailing across the high plains desert into the mountains - day after day - instead of trailering their car to distant shows.

Far from taking offense at rebukes on my philosophy, I accept the need to restore a machine to perfection, because I have the same drive. That is probably why I am an engineer.