Hot Rods 57 chevy truck power steering

what have you guys used? is the CCP kit any good.
the box on this truck is a mess so i prefer to change it. truck is also getting sbc and 700r4.
Thanks

 

still running manual steering on my 59, 38 years later. It's not hard to find a good deal on a used steering gear, and if you buy a few of them you can usually find one that is pretty nice, although even the nice ones need the pitman shaft bushing replaced, which isn't a real big deal.


If you can show us a picture or part number of the kit you're thinking of buying, we might be able to offer some ideas. But if there is no picture of it, I wouldn't buy it

 

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1947-59-Chevy-Truck-Power-Steering-Conversion-Kit,25170.html
the link has a pdf with the instructions, from ccp
despite having been burned by the last power steering kit i bought on ebay, from the ["friendly woods" of texas] i would not be afraid to try a kit from speedway. just looking for other advice.
since the snow is blowing, it is a good day to do some research.
Thanks

 

That particular kit is not worth buying, the geometry is wrong. I've seen some guys try to use it...

If you can find a kit that puts the new steering box where the original was, then it would probably work fine.

The kit pictured here would be a good way to do it, but apparently it doesn't exist?

http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/290533/

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CPP has a kit that uses the 400 series box. ccp5559psk-oc.
http://www.cl***icperform.com/Series400/400SeriesPowerSteeringBoxes.htm

 

Ah, you found the picture. I had a lot of trouble navigating their web page. That might be the way to go, then.

 

thanks squirrel and oldcars.acadia that the type of info i need.

 

Their web page is near impossible !!

 

is cpp a good company to work with?

 

they had me confused too. speedway has their stuff and when i did a google search other companies sell their stuff.

 

A friend has had good experience with them and there products have been very good. I plan to use the 400 kit on my 57 Cameo.

 

I have a 350 with a 700r4 ****** ps and pb. I have the 76 chevy truck gear box and a 78 Chevy van tilt column. I can take pictures if you want

If I were to do it again I would just go with stock steering or do the Toyota gear box conversion. The pitch that you need for the steering column to input shaft is ridiculous. That is the only reason. I figured it out finally but I need to clean it up.

 

thanks, i would like to see a picture anyway.

 

thanks. if i go this route i will let you know.