TheSamba.com :: View topic - Anyone have good luck with rebuilt steering gears?

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:17 pm

Our gear is worn out. I have adjusted it per Bentley but it was dry so long with the PO, the gear just has too much freeplay everywhere unless I over tighten it. I was going to buy a new one that looked the same as the original from Econo but the ones they stock don't actually match their photo; the one they sell is like the TRW one. If I can't find a NOS OG one, I am considering a rebuilt one. Does anyone have a recent really good experience with a rebuilt late steering box? I don''t even know if they can really even be rebuilt - Bentley says no. I know Scott was trying to convince ZF to do it for awhile but I don't think anything came of it.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:31 pm

sorry to ruin your world, but it's not ZE, it's ZF http://www.zf.com/corporate/en/homepage/homepage.html

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:32 pm

thanks for the correction.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:36 pm

hazetguy getting sloppy?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=379725&highlight=gear

i'd go with the spanish one, personally.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:39 pm

How many threads do you feel are necessary to ask the same question, about the same part?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=371710&highlight=steering+box
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=379725&highlight=steering+box

These threads are just the ones started by you in the last couple of months asking the same questions about steering boxes. Please, rather than start a new thread with the same question every time you get a wild hair up your ass, feel free to revive one of your multiple older threads already going. Reported.

Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:19 pm

Yes, please use your previous thread above.