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- Adds
Power Steering
to your '47-'59
Chevy & GMC
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 When
it comes to upgrading a classic Chevy or Ford truck, the
options semm endless these days as aftermarket and restoration
manufacturers continue to provide trick enhancement products.
Classic Performance Products have become recognized leaders
in the classic truck segments of customizing and restoration,
with innovations catering to a variety of applications,
all determined by the consumer's desires.
Largely
enough, the installation of power steering has become a
major segment of classic truck upgrading. Classic Performance
Products offer a wide varity of options, depending on the
application. One of the hottest new offerings is a power
steering kit that adapts to the original straight axle design.
The power steering kit provides the flexability of retaining
your stock steering column and gear box, as well as the
original suspension and brake assemblies.
In
this kit, you will find new drag link and tie rod ends,
control valve assembly and required hoses and compression
fittings with the owner needing only to acquire a power
steering pump that works with whatever engine your truck
may have. In a nutshell, this new power steering kit
offers a lot to the restoration enthusiast or mild cutomizer
who chooses to retain the factory chassis and suspension
design, but would like the convenience of easier steering.
It's simple to install and requires no major modifcations
to your stock equipment.
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very basic compared to today's suspension chassis designs, the
stock 1947-'59 Chevy front suspension and steering assembly
remains a must for resto-fans. That's where this bolt-on power
steering kit comes in. To better show you the installation procedures,
we are using a bare chassis with the engine removed. |
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After
properly jacking up the truck and supporting it with sturdy
stands, the first step is to remove the stock tie rods.
Next, remove the stock drag link that attaches to the steering
and pitman arms.
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You then
must remove the brake drums which allow access to the steering
arm bolts. Now remove the bolts and the steering arms.
The stock ball ends must be removed to continue the installation.
Use a center punch and hammer to knock out the ball end. You
may hace to drill it out if it doesn't want to cooperate.
When complete, re-install the steering arms back onto the
backing plates of the truck.
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Now you can
slide the complete power steering setup under the truck, behind
the axle.
Attach the power cylinder bracket to the axle using the supplied
U-bolts and tighten.
After the bracket has been tightened, install a cotter pin into
the power cylinder attachment bolt.
Install each new OEM upgrade one-inch tie rod ends onto the
top of the steering arms that you removed the ball ends from.
Cotter pins are to be installed here too. |
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The new
drag link extending from the control valve is then installed
onto the steering arm in the same manner as the stock drag link.
Once again, be sure to install the cotter pins.
The new control valve simply installs right onto the stock pitman
arm in the same fashion as the tie rod ends and drag link.
When the control valve has been installed, this is what the
assembly should look like.
The choice of power steering pump will be determined by what
engine your truck has. In this case, we are using
a pump for a small block Chevy which is common with customizers.
A quick trip to the parts yard will surely yield the pump you
need. It is important that you get the hoses with the pump to
continue the installation. |
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Chevy
Duty Truck Parts - 1 Chevy Duty Drive - Kansas City, MO 64150
Tel: 1
(800) 741-1678 - Fax: 1 (816) 741-5255
- e-mail: orders@chevyduty.com |
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