Re: no power steering, ok to drive?
 

You now have the common "Steering by ArmStrong".
....Get it? ;)

Cheers,
- Jeff G


Aaron Graham wrote:

> It seems that my power steering box in my '79 CJ 7 finally died last
> night also(on the way to the club meeting) It just feels like I have
> manual steering now all of the time. Is it ok to drive it like this? I
> assume it is just like have manual steering. I am going to have to save
> some $$ before I can buy a new steering box, but still have to be able
> to drive the Jeep occasionally. Where is the cheapest place anyone has
> found for a power steering box?
>
> Also another related question:
> Would a bad alignment(toe in) adversely affect the steering box? The
> Jeep drives straight(most of the time when the steering was not acting
> up) but did not recenter automatically after a turn.
> --
> Aaron Graham
> http://homepage.mac.com/aarongraham
> 1948 Willys & 1979 CJ7
> o_o_o_o
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