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Originally Posted by 1968GTO421
I've checked boneyards for a 75 mile radius and only found "antique" cars from the 1980's. Older ones were sent to the crusher years ago. No good chance of finding a good used box there.
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1992--1998 Jeep GRAND Cherokee steering gear is a near-drop-in replacement for the '64--'72 A-body.
Fast ratio, second-biggest torsion bar. ~88 degrees of Pitman arm travel--about 44 degrees each way.
Almost perfect.
Dirt-cheap at a Treasure Yard. Clearly, you want one from a sealed system so there's no dirt or water entry, and low-mileage would be recommended.
Will require new-style O-ring hoses, or the inverted-flare adapters with original style hoses, or the O-ring-to-37 degree flare "JIC" connectors for hot-roddy PS hoses.
Needs a commercially-available rag joint assembly, but your rag joint is probably wiped-out and needs replacement anyway. MAYBE you can adapt the Jeep
U-joint system to the A-body steering column, and if so, that would be better still.
I'd prefer a genuine Jeep unit scored at a Treasure Yard, however you could roll the dice on a rebuilt unit from your favorite parts-store (NAPA, O'Reillys, Advance, etc.) but you need to know that the mass-market rebuilders DO NOT guarantee that they use "correct" torsion bars or "correct" gear ratios in the rebuilt units.