Thread: steering box R&R: do i care about the locks and versions?
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Old 09-21-2016, 05:15 PM
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The way I read it is that because the first configuration had steering locks external to the steering box, fitting that 1st gen box to any future systems (that have no external locks) would be "a bit interesting" when you come to turn the steering from lock to lock =>

You probably end up with a kind fo W123 owl head steering mode which wouldn't be cool.

No - really - not cool.

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So it seems to me that so long as your steering box has internal locks then your steering system (which I assume has no external locks on the "steering arms or on the frame cross member") is going to be compatible.
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