Technical Steering box ID

Trying to ID this steering box... thought it was early to mid 40's but not finding to much on the ol' interpersonal.
It's marked Saginaw Gear 263587 8
Thanks for any info
Chappy
(For some reason I can only upload this one picture of the box, all others give me some strange security error warning)

 

Picture no work

 

Looks industrial , fork truck or similar ?

 

late 30s chevy pickup, I think

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/parts/1929_41/41cp160.html

 

more

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1938/38csm212.html

 

Chevy or GMC side steer.

 

Thanks all,
Going to try and make this work on my build.
Just need to figure out the original mounting and see if I can make it work for my application.
Thanks again.
Chappy

 

it had a clamp, that bolted to the frame.

 

Is that for your coupe or something else?

 

New project. I am doing a prewar racecar kind of thing with a 23 roadster.
Right now it is a pile of parts scattered over 5 locations in two states...lol
I keep rotating parts through the garage to refurb them.
I will try and do a build thread once I get closer to mock up and final assembly

How is the 51 coming along?
Did you get the wiring sorted?
Chappy

 

@squirrel thank you so much for the insight and helpful links.
Much appreciated!
Chappy

 

I found a picture of one in use in a hot rod.... Steve's 31 Chevy roadster, in TRJ65. He used lots of 1940ish truck donor parts to build this car, front and rear axles, steering, etc.

 

Still sorting the bodywork and almost have the roof hood trunk and drivers side done off and on then on to the passenger side. I got a Rebel Wire harness and am re wiring the entire car 6 Volt. Take care and have fun.

 

Looks like the 30s GM pickup box I used in my old Touring. Got the idea from Clark aka Sowhat

 

Lol... I got this box from Clark...
Chappy

 

Thanks...
That almost looks like a main bearing cap clamping the box to the top of the frame...
Chappy

 

That's a nice looking setup; be sure to show us how you installed yours!

 

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/parts/1929_54/396.htm
'37-'40 Chevy truck, 1/2 -1.5 ton all used the same gear box, the bigger trucks 1 - 1.5 ton had longer shafts for the steering wheel. Pitman shaft / sector gear were all the same.
16 - 1 gear ratio. Internals are gear on gear, so check the worm gear for wear marks and the bottom bearing for water damage. The lower race is part of the worm gear, so if it's bad you are shopping for whole new shaft or gear box.
If you rebuild it, add a second bushing where the sheet metal spacer is out towards the end of the pitman shaft. It adds way more support out on the end of the shaft. The spacer is shown as a bushing in section 6.855. Go to NAPA for a seal, NOS 11055. Bearings are barrel shaped and can be had from most of the Chevy Truck parts venders. You can make your own gaskets. John Deere Corn head grease works really good, grade 00 so if flows back in on itself, cheap to.

 

There are two machined pieces that clamp the gear box to the frame, you can see the wear marks on the housing