1. Registration trouble? Please use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom right corner of the page and your issue will be resolved.
    Dismiss Notice

Steering Bearing Confusion

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by fyrmn, Dec 8, 2018.

  1. fyrmn

    fyrmn Member 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    IMG_2403.JPG App: 1964 CJ6 f134
    So I take my Ross box apart and it has the bearings pictured (plastic cages). When I look that part up it is for a later v6 model.
    So do I have a hybred that someone along the way put these bearings in it or swapped in a v6 box, and does it really matter if I use the standard early bearings. Would it be obvious, the diff between the V6 box and the box for a 4cyl? Also there were no snap rings on the shaft.
    Shaft is 41-1/2". Thanks in Advance
     
    Last edited: Dec 8, 2018
    fyrmn, Dec 8, 2018
    #1
  2. fyrmn

    fyrmn Member 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    IMG_2405.JPG IMG_2404.JPG
     
    fyrmn, Dec 8, 2018
    #2
  3. Howard Eisenhauer

    Howard Eisenhauer Administrator Staff Member

    I've found the bearing with the plastic carrier in F4 boxes, probably just an equivalent p/n from a different manufacturer thing.
     
    Howard Eisenhauer, Dec 8, 2018
    #3
  4. Rick Whitson

    Rick Whitson Detroit Area 2024 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    The Ross steering box in a V 6 is larger and stronger than the F 134 steering box, according to the Guru's on ECJ 5. I put a V 6 steering box in my 64 F 134. The V 6 has a 7/8" shaft and the F 134 has a 3/4" shaft. I believe that is what they told me, Good Luck
     
    Rick Whitson, Dec 9, 2018
    #4