Thanks for letting me sign on. I have a 41 Chevy Coupe that is all original. Everything mechanical has been rebuilt or replaced. I had one of these in HS (1965) and my wife and I dated in it. Unlike this one that one was a Ho Rod. Now our 50th anniversary is coming up next Feb and I got the car so we could go cruising. Problem is the steering box is worn out and the steering sector and worm shaft are not available. When I was younger and had quicker reflexes this was not a problem but now it makes my tighty whiteys creep up into the never regions of my you know what!! My thoughts are to replace the steering box with a HD VEGA unit. I don't want to do a mustang II conversion as I want to retain the stock appearance. Problem seems to be the pitman arm configuration. The stock one is two piece deal and bolts to the Y shaped tie rod bracket. I am think if an aftermarket pitman arm can be bent and then welded to this Y bracket then it would still look fairly stock. The steering shaft housing on the column can be cut and a bearing installed on the lower end inside the column tube. Has anyone done this conversion? Does anyone know what the stock steering box pitman shaft dimension are? Thought if the VEGA shaft was the same it would be even easier. Hey, it could happen!! LOL Thanks for any input and I will put this in the other forums and see if anyone knows.
Hi & welcome. I cannot help with the mods you mention but as I have a 46 Chevy Coupe I have run into the same thing with finding parts for the steering box on mine. I am going to adjust the box next week & if that does not take out the slack I am not certain how I will procede from there. I have found no rebuild parts at all on this. Seems like the 41 - 46 are all in this same boat and nearly every year in this timeframe are somewhat different. Jimmie
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