Steering box ID help- Gemmer?

It has been so long I don't remember what this came out of...

Any help? I know somebody on here will know what this is at first glance but I don't any more. It says Gemmer on it if that is a help the ID on it says 34857 but again that could just be a casting number.

I want to order a rebuild kit, track down a pitman arm etc... for it if anybody knows where they have them... but I suppose the first step is finding out what it is!

 

f-1

 

I thought I remember it being a 53 Ford Truck based on your ***essment does that look right to you?

 

actually if I go online at LMC it looks like a 48-52
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fa/full.aspx?Page=78


not a 53-56 Based on the top of the column and that 53-56 has a cup
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/fa/full.aspx?Page=79

 

f-1 is 48 to 52 i think ? ........ 53 to 56 is f-100

 

1948-52 ford pu

 

'48-'52 F-1, all F-1 had Gemmer boxes and all F-1 Gemmer boxes had threaded sector shafts.
F-100s had notched sector shafts, and pitman arms were secured with a pinch bolt.

 

Nice... that is really helpful any insight as to where to get a pitman arm? I need one.

 

Mac's has them. You can also use p*** arms if you file out the blocker splines.

 

Just to add a bit more info. 53-56 F-100 has the pinch bolt and a ball stud on the end of the pitman arm where the drag link connects. 57-60 F-100 has the same box but the pitman arm has a tapered hole for a tie rod end on the drag link. Whole lot easier to find the 57-60 trucks in a junkyard than 53-56 now days.

 

Correct. Here is my 56 box with a 57 steering arm, to get the tapered tie rod end.




From what I can remember, aren't the mounting flanges on the F1 box smaller than the flanges on the f100 box ?


Don