I am posting this with permission from striper
Originally posted on the H.A.M.B- post and work done by striper
a post just dealing with reversing the steering box-
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/show ... hp?t=64204..
more of 28 modified build by striper on the H.A.M.B
full post -
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/show ... p?t=282490*great fab work, well worth a look
I wanted cowl steering, so I went on the lookout for a steering box with a long enough sector shaft to make it all the way out without having to be extended. Found this one. It's a HK Holden box. That's GM circa 1969 or so. Some Aussies will correct me if I'm wrong.
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Fantastic. Nice aluminum box, long sector, good mounting holes. But it turns left when it should turn right.
I hadn't ever reversed a steering box before but it can't be that hard. I was right. It took about an hour and a half.
Took it apart-
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Drilled a hole in the bottom end. I can't remember now but there was a reason I used a hand drill instead of the drill press. This bit was hard because the hole needs to be centered but there's no real datum to go off...not for a hack like me anyway. Good management or good luck, I don't know but I nailed it.
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Then I was left with a hole at each end-
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I turned up a little bung and sealed up where the shaft used to enter.-
Then all you do is reassemble everything with the worm shaft back to front. I don't have a seal on the top end but it's a very close fit. I think if I need one later I'll machine up a small housing for a lip seal and JB it to the end of the box.-
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done.
