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Old 01-26-2015, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by TedRamAirII View Post
I would trust a used box over any that had been "remanufactured" by a non english speaking worker at a remanufacturing plant. Same for engines. I would rather have a 100K used engine than a "reman". I'm talking modern engines of course, not our beloved Pontiacs. ; )
yes exactly it is very rare for steering boxes to go bad, worse case replace the seals which is simple to do. I worked as a mechanic in a body shop and I replaced many internally bent steering boxes and the core went back for reman. I told them every time the core was no good but they didn't care.

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