I have a 72 Bay (crossover) and recently picked up a >72 steering box for it, as the current one has too much play for sensible driving. Having looked at it the mounting bolts and shape of the box these are different, but I reckone it could still match up to the mounting holes on the frame. Is this doable or just plain dangerous?!
Steering Box for pre or post 72 Bay.
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beetleseb
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It is doable but its a lot of work, if you can weld and fab then its not too bad, if not it would be far cheaper to get an early one from megabug
Araon
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WHS^^^ it aint as simple as all that, there is a thread somewhere on here about that very matter I enquired sometime ago as the late boxes are so easy/cheap to get hold of in comparrison...
beetleseb
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The megabug box is £250 and has been fully rebuilt so its not too expensive. Filled with grease rather than oil so no leaks for the future either
Seb
Seb
Araon
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The box shouldnt be filled with grease it requires a hypoid oil due to the gearing, pack em with grease and it will actually blow the seals and as odd as it sounds increase the wear, the mega bug boxes arent strictly fully reconned neither...
beetleseb
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oh....
bugger
Can you pm me the problems etc etc as mines only 2 months old so under garrentee, it does feel nice at the mo though
Seb
bugger
Can you pm me the problems etc etc as mines only 2 months old so under garrentee, it does feel nice at the mo though
Seb
scott wilson
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Araon said:
aye..i agree sir
alikat
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Bentley specifies 'hypoid transmission oil'. Bugs however use a thin grease with a specific melting point only available from VW (I believe).
Al
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alikat said:
ive just collected my box from the reconditioners.i asked what he had used for lube and he said, he now uses a high melting point grease instead of oil.will this be ok or would it be better to switch back to oil?
Araon
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you dont want a high melting point grease the idea of the hypoid oil is to minimise the noise of the the gears meshing as theres more contact area than straight cut and the oil needs to get into the tighter area, also you dont overfill it as it is pushed out at force when the gears mesh.
most boxes will feel tighter when filled with grease and sound quieter just like the old dodgy garage stuffing bannanas into the rocker cover, the oil thickens and gives the mechanical presence of everything being in order then a little way down the line ......crunch.....
most boxes will feel tighter when filled with grease and sound quieter just like the old dodgy garage stuffing bannanas into the rocker cover, the oil thickens and gives the mechanical presence of everything being in order then a little way down the line ......crunch.....
SF Bay said:
hi ian,
i used http://www.coventrypowersteeringspecialists.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; £110.00
only trouble is the part on mine on the shaft that runs in the worm was damaged,they dont have anyone there to repair these now.
pete who dealt with it got me down to veiw it and explained what needed doing so i could get that part repaired myself before refitting.i was lucky though having another box with a good spare that we used instead.it would be worth checking this part for damage before sending to any reconditioner and finding out if they can repair them.you only need to unbolt the four main bolts to remove the shaft to check.
paul.
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