Power steering gear box

[1956322]

Is there a more modern power steering gear box say from the 60s that would bolt up and work on my 56?

[old-tank]

Member VickyBlue started a couple of threads on this subject.

[VickyBlue]

 

[NTX5467]

VickyBlue has a very good thread on this subject, as Old-Tank mentioned.  Not quite a "bolt-in", though.

 

NTX5467

[1956322]

Well that's definitely more work then I care to tackle at this time.. Any chance a late 50s buick box would bolt up and work?

[Beemon]

I think 57 and 58 boxes might be similar mounting. Oldsmobiles also have the same box and pump. I want to say Cadillac has the same box, but I haven't seen one to know. The local yard out here has a couple 57s, a 56 and some 56 Olds. The guy who runs the yard also has a 56 Olds and he swapped the box for a late 60s Olds box as a bolt in. Don't expect anything from the era to really hold up. I went to pull the steering box off the one 56 because I already pulled the pump and it turned out to be bullet proof, but the steering box had as much slop as mine after it had been rebuilt. I don't know if these boxes came from the factory with heavy slop and relied solely on alignment and pump psi to drive straight or not, but I've seen older boxes with next to zero play.

[1956322]

Now that's interesting cause I can find 60s era boxes much easier and cheaper.. If they are truly bolt in then that might be a good route to go.